Enrolment at Year 7
If your child attends Year 6 at a government primary school, your primary school will give you a Parent Transition Pack. This pack contains information about the enrolment process and timeline and includes an Application for Year 7 Placement Form. This needs to be completed and returned to your primary school. On this form you will be asked to list three secondary schools in order of preference. Please consider the schools and where you list them on the form carefully as this may have an impact on where your child ultimately ends up being placed.
Your primary school sends the completed form to your first preference high school. If unsuccessful, the form is then sent to the next school of preference and so on until your child is placed in a school. Your primary school will notify you regarding the school where your child has been placed. After this, the secondary school will make contact with you regarding your child’s enrolment.
Information on the Department of Education’s Placement Policy can be found on the Department’s website: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/enrolment/guidance/placement-policy.
If your child attends Year 6 at a Catholic or independent primary school, you may need to apply for enrolment directly through Maribyrnong College. Contact reception on (03) 9091 8100.
ENROLMENT AT YEAR LEVELS 8-12
Families seeking enrolment at Year levels 8-12 should complete an application to enrol form available by contacting the College reception on (03) 9091 8100. Full details of the Department of Education’s policy for transfers between schools can be found here.
PERMANENT RESIDENCE
The permanent residential address used for transition purposes is the one already registered by the family with the Primary School at the time of enrolment. To be fair to all, Maribyrnong College can only accept enrolments based on current, demonstrable, permanent addresses. The College will not accept enrolments for any year level based on an unverified intention to move into the neighbourhood area.
The Department of Education’s full guidelines on how schools verify permanent residence can be found here.