Frequently Asked Questions

Who is eligible to enrol at the school?

An enrolment scheme has been in place at Chelsea School since 2000 to avoid overcrowding and to manage the roll.

The Optimum Roll

The optimum roll at the school is 400 pupils.

The Enrolment Scheme

Priority considerations for enrolment

Any applicant living in the school's home zone outlined below is entitled to a place in the school in accordance with section 11D of the Education Act 1989.

If there are extra places available for applicants living outside of the school's home zone, these will be offered to applicants in the following order of priority:

(a) first priority to any applicant who is the sibling of a current student of the school;

(b) second priority to any applicant who is the sibling of a former student of the school;

(c) third priority to any applicant who is a child of an employee of the Board of the school; and

(d) fourth priority to all other applicants.

If there are more applicants in any of the above priority groups than available places, selection within that priority group will be made by ballot, as required by section 11F of the Education Act 1989.

School home zone

The school home zone is defined as follows:

Within the Birkenhead and Chatswood area, all permanent residences with access onto the following roads or parts of roads, namely: Waipa Street, Kauri Road, Hebe Place, Balmain Road, Radiata Lane, Onetaunga Road and all no exit roads leading off Onetaunga Road, Harper Street, Chelsea View Drive and all no exit roads leading off Chelsea View Drive, Porrit Avenue and all no exit roads leading off Porrit Avenue, and that part of Mokoia Road between Porrit Avenue at the eastern end and Kauri Road at the western end.

Applications: pre-enrolment procedure

Each year the Board of Trustees will:

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