Enrolment & Application Form

Application for Enrolment

Thank you for your interest in enrolling your child at St Joseph’s School. Please find the link below to your child’s online application for enrolment.

Please complete the required details, review, and submit the form for your application to be received by us. You can return to your online application form before submitting at any time within 30 days of starting, without having to restart your application. If applying to more than one Catholic school or college, or applying to enrol more than one child, the online application process is simple and only needs to be completed once. There will be an option available at the end of the form for each additional student.

Once submitted, please check your Junk email folder for the automated email response acknowledging receipt of your application. We will then contact you regarding the next steps. Please contact us directly, should you experience any difficulty completing the online application for enrolment.

Parent Handbook

Online Application — Enrol Now

Hardcopy Application for Enrolment

For those who prefer a more traditional method, a printed application form can be collected from the school office.

In addition to the completed application (online or hardcopy) for your child, supporting documents are also required.

Please forward copies of the following:

Birth Certificate
Baptismal Certificate (if baptised)
Reports from previous school(s) (as applicable)
Any medical or learning reports
And if noted in your application:
- Legal Documentation
- Medical Action Plan
- Student Specialist Assessments

Documentation may be returned via:

email: secretary.atherton@cns.catholic.edu.au
post: PO Box 829, ATHERTON QLD 4883
in person: Cnr Jack & Alice Street, ATHERTON QLD 4883

Please Note: submission of an application does not guarantee an enrolment place.

Enrolments for the Preparatory Year

To be eligible to enrol in the preparatory year, a child must turn 5 years of age by 30th June in the year he/she attends Prep.

For more information on enrolling your child in Prep, visit our Starting Prep page.

The Four Steps of Enrolment

Step 1	Submit and Enrolment application Submit an online or paper-based application form and forward all supporting documents to the school upon submission. For Year 1 – 6 Enrolments include a copy of the most recent school report.
Step 2	The School responds The School will acknowledge receipt of your application and advise you of anything else required to assist in considering the application.
Step 3	An Interview is arranged All enrolments to St Joseph’s School must have an enrolment interview with the Principal or the Principal’s nominee. An Application for Enrolment must be completed by the parents or the legal guardians and all other documents as required should be submitted prior to the interview. It is important that your child or children who are enrolling attend this interview.
Step 4	Accepting your enrolment Should your application be successful, you will receive a letter of offer of enrolment including confirmation forms on which you may accept the offer, along with an enrolment deposit of $100 to secure your child’s place at St Joseph’s. This acceptance fee is deducted from the first invoice for term fees. Please note your enrolment is not finalised until these confirmation forms are returned to the school office.

School Age Calculator

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the First Nations peoples of Australia, the traditional custodians of the land, seas, skies and waterways on which we reside, work, travel and meet. We pay our respect to First Nations elders past, present, and emerging, and support the Uluru Statement From The Heart. We acknowledge that the land, seas, skies and waterways of Australia were, are and always will be, that of the First Nations peoples.

This School is an entity of the The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Cairns and is operated on behalf of the RCTC as the registered school authority by Catholic Education Services.