Enrolments

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The series of videos below talk about expectations, school routines, students and the role of home tutors:

It is mandatory to have a computer and secure internet connection to be enrolled into our school.

Charters Towers School of Distance Education provides a wide range of learning opportunities. See the information on enrolling at our school below.

Enrolment Forms

Student Enrolment Application Form 1
Student Enrolment Application Form 2 (Prep - Year 6)
Student Enrolment Application Form 2 (Years 7 - 12)
Student Enrolment Application Form 2 (Years 10 - 12)
Medical Certification Form (Completed, Signed and Stamped by a Medical Professional)
Application for fee exemption/waiver/payment plan

Additional Documents:

Report Card
Birth Certificate (sighted)
Letter from Employer (families who are travelling due to work)
Health Care/Pension/Consession/Centrelink Card (if applying for a waiver)

Enrolment Process Checklist:

Checklist (please download this with the mandatory forms in order to stay up to date with the process of the enrolment)

Categories

Medical category

The student has a physical health problem or is experiencing a social/emotional condition of such severity that the student is unable to attend a local school on a full-time basis for a period in excess of 80 consecutive school days. Documentation to support an application (schedule 3) for eligibility under the medical condition category must include the supply of information from a relevant medical practitioner, registered under the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001 and/or registered under the Psychologists Registration Act 2001 concerning the medical condition of the student. This information is to be provided annually in response to advice outlining the services of the distance education provider. Education Queensland will have the right to seek a second opinion.

Home Based Learner By Choice

Students not meeting the criteria for any of the other categories of enrolment may still undertake their education by enrolling in our school. A fee applies to students enrolled in this category. Students may seek a waiver from the education charges by supplying the relevant documentation to the school.

Geographically Isolated

According to the Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2000, schedule 3, a student is deemed to be living in a remote area:

Where the student’s home –

Is not less than 16km from the nearest applicable school; and
Is less than 4.5km from a school transport service approved by the chief executive (transport) or a public service to the nearest applicable school;

Not less than 56km from the nearest applicable school using the route travelled by the transport service; or
Not less than three hours travelling time per day from the nearest applicable school using the transport service

Travelling within Australia and Overseas

A person has an itinerant lifestyle because of the nature of the occupation in which their family is engaged, i.e. the student is mobile for the majority of the school year due to family employment/business.

The student’s principal place of residence changes at least twice in the relevant school year or at least 5 times in the period consisting of the relevant school year and school year immediately before or after the relevant school year; or
The student spends at least 60 school days of the relevant school year (consisting of periods of 5 consecutive school days or more) away from the student’s principal place of residence; or
The student’s principal place of residence is a caravan and the location of the caravan changes at least twice in the relevant school year or at least 5 times in the period consisting of the relevant school year and the school year immediately before or after the relevant school year; or
The place where the student lives changes at least twice in the relevant school year and the student does not have a principal place of residence; examples of an “occupation” would include:

Carnival worker, contract harvester or shearer.
The student spends at least 120 school days of the relevant school year in the state.

A ‘one off’ resource security fee of $200.00 is charged and will be refunded on return of resources in good condition at the end of the enrolment period at the school.

Additional overseas requirements:

Age requirements are the same as for all enrolments of Prep and Primary age children
Families are required to be Queensland residents. Proof of Queensland residency will be required. This may take the form of an electoral roll registration, current rates notice or equivalent documentation
Educational programmes must be required for a period in excess of 16 weeks (four months)
For families travelling within Australia and Overseas, proposed travel itineraries should be submitted with the completed ‘Application for Enrolment’ form
To be eligible for continuing enrolment in the ‘travelling’ category, parents must provide a continuing update of their travel plans. Children of families resident in one area within Australia for three months or more are no longer considered eligible for enrolment and should attend a local school
A home based learner by choice fee per student per annum is applicable.
For children travelling within Australia a ‘one off’ resource security fee of $200.00 is charged and will be refunded on return of resources in good condition at the end of the enrolment period at the school.

Family Circumstances

The student is unable to attend a local school regularly due to the need to undertake parenting of his or her child, or another child for whom the person has or exercises parental responsibility; or the student cannot attend a State educational institution, other than a school of distance education, because the person is caring for someone, other than a child as previously mentioned, on a regular basis; and gives the chief executive a medical certification stating that fact.

Exclusion

The student has been excluded from all State Schools or has been excluded from their local State School and is unable to attend the next nearest state school for reasons of excessive distance (refer to the geographical isolation/distance criterion).

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