Restricted enrolment schools (Melbourne Eastern Region)

Due to facility limitations, Eastern Metropolitan Region has a number of schools with enrolments restricted in various ways. These schools are not required to enrol students outside their neighbourhood area unless they have spare places. They are referred to as having an enrolment ceiling and/or a designated neighbourhood area (formerly known as zones). 

Any additional students must be enrolled strictly according to Department of Education and Early Childhood Development priority criteria.

SCHOOLS WITH AN APPROVED ENROLMENT UNDERSTANDING

Designated Neighbourhood Area

In some instances the Regional Director may need to restrict new enrolments at a particular school and will therefore specifically designate the neighbourhood area (formerly referred to as a zone).  Children who live outside the Designated Neighbourhood Area cannot be guaranteed a place at that school even if it is their closest neighbourhood school.  The the following schools have an apporved Designated Neighbourhood Area:

• Canterbury Primary School
• Chatham Primary School
• Hawthorn West Primary School
• Heany Park Primary School
• Karoo Primary School
• Lysterfield Primary School
• Park Ridge Primary School
• Rowville Primary School

Please note that DEECD may need to review these areas according to changing accommodation pressures.  These boundaries may therefore be subject to change.

Enrolment Ceilings

The Regional Director may need to restrict new enrolments at a particular school by setting an Enrolment Ceiling.  The school can only take a specific number of enrolments each year.  Students for whom the school is the designated neighbourhood school will be enrolled first.  Other enrolments will be considered according to DEECD priority criteria.  For these schools, the designated neighbourhood school is defined as the school that is nearest to a student’s permanent residential address in a straight line distance.  The following schools have an approved Enrolment Ceiling:

Primary	Secondary
Balwyn North Primary School	Box Hill High School
Camberwell Primary School	Camberwell High School
Doncaster Gardens Primary School	East Doncaster Secondary College
Eastwood Primary School	Fairhills High School
Glen Iris Primary School	Glen Waverley Secondary College
Kent Park Primary School	Koonung Secondary College
Kew Primary School	Mount Waverley Secondary College
Kew East Primary School	Norwood Secondary College
Lilydale Primary School	Ringwood Secondary College
Mont Albert Primary School	Vermont Secondary College
Rangeview Primary School	Wantirna College
Surrey Hills Primary School	Warrandyte High School
Vermont Primary School
Wheelers Hill Primary School
Wonga Park Primary School
Yarra Road Primary School

Designated Neighbourhood Area AND Enrolment Ceiling

In some instances the Regional Director may need to restrict new enrolments at a particular school and will therefore specifically designate the neighbourhood area and set an enrolment ceiling.  Children who live within the Designated Neighbourhood Area will be guaranteed enrolment at the school if they wish to attend.  Children who live outside the Designated Neighbourhood Area will not be guaranteed a place at that school even if it is their closest neighbourhood school.  The the following schools have an apporved Designated Neighbourhood Area and Enrolment Ceiling:

Primary	Secondary
Auburn South Primary School	Balwyn High School
Hartwell Primary School	Kew High School
	Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College

Community Schools

Community schools do not have designated neighbourhood areas but may have discretionary or specific enrolment procedures.  Please contact the school for further information.

• Sherbrooke Community School has an enrolment ceiling and has discretionary enrolment procedures.  They must enrol all students according to a process agreed with Eastern Metropolitan Region.
• Croydon Community School has no ceiling but has discretionary enrolment procedures.

Specialist Schools

Specialist schools do not have designated neighbourhood areas but may have discretionary or specific enrolment procedures.  Please contact the school for further information.

• Bulleen Heights School is a specialist school with specific enrolment requirements.  It has an enrolment ceiling and must enrol all students according to a process agreed with Eastern Metropolitan Region.  This school, like other specialist schools, has specific entry criteria.
• Wantirna Heights School is a specialist school with specific enrolment requirements.  It has an enrolment ceiling and must enrol all students according to a process agreed with Eastern Metropolitan Region.  This school, like other specialist schools, has specific entry criteria.

* Information extracted from Boroondara Network.