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Admission Requirements
V illanova
College’s enrolment procedures involve assessing the particular
applicant’s needs as well as establishing alignment between
the beliefs and goals being promoted by the College and those of the
applicants and their families. For example, the College looks to
parents to support its key goals of education in the
Christian faith, commitment to learning and trying
to achieve to the best of one’s ability, growth in
personal discipline, a commitment to restorative practices,
and involvement in community life. It welcomes students and parents
who seek similar goals.
Accordingly, a process
of discernment regarding the offer of places will be
undertaken by the College in dialogue with the families of
applicants. Because Villanova is a Catholic College, the majority of
places will be offered to Catholic boys with a limited number of places
available to non-Catholic boys. Each application will be considered
on its merits having regard to criteria such as: the degree of
involvement by the applicant and parents in their
parish, school or community; whether the applicant
is the brother of current or past student of
Villanova College or the son of past student of Villanova College; the
applicant’s behaviour and attitude; and the College’s capacity to cater
for the talents and needs of each applicant, and to meet the specific
educational and emotional needs of particular applicants, where
applicable.
The College does not
normally exclude students on academic grounds
provided the school can meet their needs. Nor does it give
sporting scholarships nor any preference to boys because of sporting
talents.
Non-disclosure of any
information relevant to the application may result
in cancellation of the enrolment process.
Procedures
The main entry years are Year 5 and Year 8.
Registration
Actual applications are only processed in the two-year period
leading up to the desired year of entry. Before this
period parents are asked to download the Prospectus
and Registration Form.
Prospectus [
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Registration Form [
29.0kB]
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(Parents
who cannot access the internet may
contact the College
and request that the Registration Form and the
Prospectus be sent out by mail.)
On return of the completed
Registration Form to the College the student’s name
will be recorded on a Prospective Enrolments Register.
Application for Enrolment
At the beginning of the year the student is in Year 3 or Year
6, an application package is posted out to all those
on the Prospective Enrolments Register for places in
Year 5 or Year 8. Parents of students not on this
register at this stage should seek the application package
promptly by contacting the College and registering.
The application package contains a letter listing the
documentation required, an application form, details
of the application fee, reference pro-forma, current
fee schedule, privacy statement and documentation
checklist. The application is to be returned with all the required
documentation.
NB: Applications will not be processed until all
documentation is received.
Year 5 Applications
All completed applications for
Year 5, together with all the required
documentation, are to be received by the closing date set annually to
closely follow Open Day in early March. Interviews of applicants and
their families will commence towards the end of Term 1. At the
beginning of May parents will be offered a place for
their son or informed that his name has been placed
on a list for further review. This will be done
formally in writing.
Year 8 Applications
All completed
applications for Year 8, together with all the required
documentation, will be examined and placed in an order based on the
criteria above. Parents are advised to apply as close as possible to
the beginning of the year their son enters Year 6.
Interviews will be arranged and conducted by the
Registrar who would ordinarily offer a place upon
completion of the interview. Failure to apply as
early as possible in that year could affect the
outcome of the application since
places may have been exhausted.
Other Year Levels
These are dealt with
in a similar manner to those for Year 8. Vacancies
appear from time to time in various Year Levels as families are
transferred etc. Families are advised to contact the school as soon as
possible as these vacancies are few.
Enrolment Agreement and Confirmation of Enrolment
If a place is offered, the parents
will be asked to complete a formal “Enrolment
Agreement” to be returned to the College within a specified
period, as well as the Confirmation of Enrolment fee of $400, $200 of
which is deducted from Term 1 fees of the year of commencement.
Enrolment
correspondence should be directed to:
The Registrar
Villanova College
P.O. Box 1166
Coorparoo DC Q 4151
Telephone: (07) 3394 5690
Facsimile: (07) 3397 0103
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