This page will contain important dates and events relating to transition to secondary school.
Here is a list of the schools where most of the students from MPW attend secondary school.
To determine your closest school use the following - www.street-directory.com.au
If you are looking for your child to sit either the SEAL or accelerated programs University High School and Buckley Park' are on the same day at the same time. University High School shares their results with Mount Alexander College, Footscray City and a number of other schools in the area. Buckley Park use a different High achieving test (ACER) and therefore is not able to use results from the schools using Edutest.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Neighborhood Policy
The principles of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development neighbourhood school policy are found in the Education Act 2008. These are:
Placement Criteria
Where there are insufficient places at a school for all students who seek entry, students should be enrolled in the following priority order unless determined otherwise by the Regional Director.
Application Process
If you select a school other than the neighbourhood school as first preference, you should provide at least four (4) school preferences in Section 2 of the Application Enrolment form.
Note: If students are not successful in gaining their preferences, they will be placed in their designated neighbourhood school.
Placement Appeals Process
Curriculum Grounds
Some schools provide entry based on curriculum grounds, such as sport, music and language.
If your first preference school requires an additional completed Curriculum Criteria Form, this needs to be submitted with your initial application through the Primary School.
If your second, third or fourth preference schools require an additional completed Curriculum Criteria Form, you must send this directly to the relevant school with a covering letter confirming this documentation relates to a future preference.
Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) Programs
Note – Various schools offer other programs to provide extension for motivated and academically advanced students.
Examples of special entry requirements
Schools making additional requests
Applying for non-government schools
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