Bunbury Senior High School | Enrolment Policy

Enrolment Procedure

ENROLMENT INFORMATION:

LOCAL INTAKE AREA

To see if you are within our local intake boundaries, please click on the link.

View Local Intake Area Here

If you are not in our local intake area, we welcome your applications for assessment. Your application will be assessed on available space and from the priorities listed below. We recommend all students who do this also put in an application at their local high school first.

Applications for 2024 are currently open.

Year 7 2025 Enrolment Timeline
20 May 2024

Applications open on this date

19 July 2024

Applications due by this date

9 August 2024

School will complete assessment of application according to the below priorities by this date.

*Early applications will not be accepted.

Priority of Assessment

Students who reside within the local intake area
A student qualifying for an approved specialist program for that year.
A student who will have a sibling also enrolled at the school for that year, other than a sibling in an approved specialist program, and who lives nearest to the school.
A student who will not have a sibling enrolled at the school for that year or with a sibling in an approved specialist program and who lives nearest to the school.

All Enrolments - How to Enrol

For your convenience, the process for enrolments is outlined below. Follow the step by step procedure to enrol your child at Bunbury Senior High School and all the necessary paperwork associated with the application.

Step 1 - Complete the application form (link below):

Application Form

Step 2 - Provide supporting documentation:

Birth Certificate
Current Immunisation records
Proof of residency x 1 (copy of utility bill or rental agreement stating your CURRENT address) if applicable
Passport
Visa / citizenship papers
Latest Report/NAPLAN (for entering years 8-12)

All appropriate documents must be provided before acceptance into Bunbury Senior High School.

Step 3 - Submit your completed forms and supporting documentation to the Bunbury Senior High School Administration for processing at:

Out of Local Intake Area Applications
Bunbury Senior High School is a gazetted Local Intake Area School; and can only guarantee places to students who reside within its Local Intake Area, or are accepted into one of our specialist programs:

Gifted and Talented Education Secondary Selective Program
BEST - Bunbury Elite Sports Training
VASP - Visual Arts Specialist Program

Senior School Enrolments
We encourage all senior school students, regardless of local intake area, to look for the senior school pathways that best suit their future aspirations. We at Bunbury Senior High School have had outstanding results in ATAR achievement finishing in the top 50 schools in the state, placing at number 38 in 2021. Senior school aspirations are a consideration for senior school enrolment assessment.

Senior School Enrolments
Senior School Scholarships have now closed for 2023. Click the link to find out more. Scholarships