ENROLMENT
In choosing to enrol your son/daughter at Sacred Heart Primary & Preschool you have taken another step in fulfilling the promises that were made when the child was baptised. It must be emphasised that merely enrolling your child here does not complete that responsibility which parents have in bringing their child to Christ.
The Church reminds us that parents are the first and foremost educators in faith of their children. It further reminds us that the values and attitudes expressed and lived within the Christian home are essential pre-requisites if education in a Catholic School is to be meaningful. Without such support from home, the child will be subjected to opposing and competing sets of values which often results in confusion and the rejection of his/her faith.
Parents have a vital role to play in the faith education of their children. You should therefore see yourselves not just as parents sending your children to a Catholic School but as parents working hand in hand with the school and the wider Church in bringing your child to Christ.
We welcome children of other faiths if enrolment numbers allow. In doing so we expect full support of the school’s philosophy and goals and the expectation that you, as parents, will support your children’s faith development in the context of your own tradition.
In pursuit of these goals , the school provides a total education where emphasis is given to balancing the spiritual, moral, personal, intellectual and physical growth of the individual, with academic achievement.
The responsibility for maximising growth does not rest with the school alone. It requires a shared commitment by all concerned – the individual student, the family, the Church and society.
Christ is the foundation of our whole educational enterprise and Sacred Heart Primary and Preschool strives to fulfil the direction and promises of the Gospel, so that each student is given the opportunity to become what God has intended him/her to be.
APPLICATION FOR ENROLMENT
An application for Enrolment Form must be completed in respect of every child for whom such enrolment is sought. Before an application can be considered, the following conditions must be met:-
 | Parents must be prepared to accept the conditions of enrolment fully in respect of each child. These conditions will include willingness by parents for their child to participate in formal religious education classes and the other religious practices of the school. |
| A commitment to payment of school fees and levies. |
| A Copy of a Baptismal Certificate and a Birth Certificate must be furnished. The school will arrange for copying of original documents where required. In Queensland it is a statutory requirement that a child entering Year One must be five years of age by the 31st December in the year prior to enrolment. |
Parents should arrange an interview with the Principal.
Enrolment DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW as a result of an application.
Since the school exists to serve the parish faith community, preference for enrolment will be given to Catholic children whose family worship life is centred in the Sacred Heart Parish.
Children of other faiths will be welcomed providing there are places, providing it has been established that the parents making the application can support the ethos of this school and the Catholic identity of the school is not compromised. Enrolment of children of other faiths to the exclusion of Catholic children will be avoided.
A copy of our enrolment policy (as provided by the School Board) is available on request