Enrolments and Scholarships

Enrolment Policy

International Grammar School is a non-selective, coeducational, secular school. Its enrolment policy is indicative of this and is implemented according to these criteria at all times.

Applicants are waitlisted in order of date of application received, except for the conditions listed below referring to siblings and gender equity.

Priority: Siblings will be given preferential entry, provided they attend to the normal enrolment application within 18 months of point of entry. Entry to Kindergarten will be by priority to the present students in Transition classes, with consideration given to staff children, siblings, gender equity, then by date of application. Where gender inequity exists in a year group affirmative action may be taken to redress the imbalance.

Ex-students of IGS who have to leave the school for reasons of travel interstate or overseas for work or family reasons will be placed on a priority list for their return.

Entry points: The main years of entry to International Grammar are Preschool (age 3) and Year 7. Entrance for all other years will only be offered when a place becomes vacant. Preschool enrolment offers will be made by date of application, with priority to siblings and staff children.

Kindergarten - Year 12 entry: Applicants are waitlisted in order of date of application received. The school will ensure a gender balance, and a balance of the number of students into each of the four language programs. The availability of a specific language cannot be guaranteed. No student, either High School or Primary, will be refused entry on a basis that there is no available place in a specific language class, if there is a place in the year group as a whole.

Entry to the School will be dependent upon a commitment to the School ethos and attention to the Conditions of Enrolment. Maintenance of gender equity and the educational, social and emotional needs of all students in a year group will be considered prior to entry of a new student into the group.

Each application, for students who are applying for entry after Kindergarten, will be treated individually. The Principal will advise the parents regarding any limited provision for the child and the curriculum demands of the language program.

Re-entry: Students who leave the school intending to return at a given date cannot be guaranteed a place on their return. However, they will be given priority on the waitlist.

Overseas students: A limited number of places exists for overseas students in the school at any one time. All overseas students are to have a special literacy assessment before being offered a place.