Enrolment Process
How to Enrol
Choosing a new school can feel overwhelming, and it's natural to have plenty of questions along the way. To support you during this important decision, we've outlined each of the steps for you on your journey to enrolment at Encounter Lutheran College.
If you need more information, feel free to give us a call on (08) 8552 8880 or send us your question — we're here to help!
Step 1
Enquiry
Step 2
Submit an Enrolment Application Form
To commence the formal aspect of the enrolment process, families are required to submit an online Enrolment Application Form as early as possible. All Enrolment Applications are then placed into an ‘Enrolment Pool’ until the next stage of the process.
A non-refundable registration fee of $50 applies per enrolment.
Before you start this application, please make sure you have the following supporting documentation available:
- Birth certificate
- Immunisation history
- NAPLAN results (if applicable)
- School reports
- Parenting / court order documentation (if applicable)
- Specialist reports (if applicable)
Step 3
enrolment INTERVIEW
All students who are enrolled at the College are interviewed by the Principal and the relevant Head of School. The interview process provides you an opportunity for you to meet us, and for us to get to know you and your child, together with any strengths or challenges that your child might have.
As a guide, Enrolment interviews generally take place as follows:
- Early Learning, Foundation and Year 7 – the year before entry
- All other Year levels – as places become available
Step 4
enrolment offer
Following your interview, we will advise you of the outcome via email. All Enrolment Offers made by the College are subject to availability and a commitment from students and their families to uphold the College’s ethos, values and codes of conduct.
Step 5
Acceptance of enrolment offer
A position at the College is confirmed once families have signed and returned the Encounter Lutheran College Enrolment Offer contract and paid the College enrolment deposit of $500 in full.
Step 6
Orientation
New students are warmly welcomed into the Encounter community through a carefully planned transition visit in the year prior to commencement.
- Students entering Year 7 have the opportunity to attend two transition visits, as they are making the significant move from a Primary School to the Middle School at Encounter.
- Students entering Foundation have the opportunity to attend four orientation mornings prior to commencement, to help them transition from the early learning environment to the school environment.
Further information
For further information about the enrolment process, families are invited to reach out to our Enrolments Office by phoning 08 8552 8880 or by sending us an enquiry via the link below.
Encounter Lutheran College acknowledges the Ramindjeri people of the Ngarrindjeri Country as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we live, work and learn. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
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