Year 7 2026 students Centre of Excellence programs
Current Year 6 2025 students are invited to apply for the following programs:
- English, Literature & Media (ELM)
| - STEM - Science & Mathematics
| - Culinary Skills
- Dance
- Drama
- Japanese
- Music
- STEM - Technology
| - AFL
- Netball
- Touch Football
- Soccer
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Year 6 - 7 Application Process
A Year 7 2026 student can be accepted into:
- a maximum of three programs.
- only one program per column (in the table above).
However, during the application process, a student is welcome to apply for a maximum of two programs per column. In this case, the student will need to indicate their preference order on the application form.
Each enrolment pack comes with two Centre of Excellence application forms:
The first page of the application form is to be completed by a parent/carer, and the second page (featuring questions) must be completed by the student.
A parent/carer will need to submit the applications form/s, with the full enrolment package, to our Administration by the due date. Application forms will only be accepted when handed in with a complete enrolment package, including two proofs of residency, a copy of the student’s two most recent academic report cards, and their most recent NAPLAN report.
Once the application has been submitted, our Centre of Excellence office will email you at the relevant time/s with information regarding the next step. This will be the student attending a trial, audition and/or exam depending on the programs of interest.
Programs
| - English, Literature & Media
- STEM - Science & Mathematics
- Japanese
- STEM - Technology
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Applications Close
| 26 June
| - Round 1: 30 April
- Round 2: 24 July
| - Round 1: 30 April
- Round 2: 24 July
| - Round 1: 30 April
- Round 2: 24 July
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Trial, Audition or Exam
| Exam: 19 July
| - Round 1 Auditions: 12 - 15 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 4 – 7 August
| - Round 1 Auditions: 12 - 15 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 4 – 7 August
| - Round 1 Auditions: 12 - 15 May
- Round 2 Auditions: 4 – 7 August
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If a student is applying for program/s in the Academia category, they will be required to attend an exam on Saturday 19 July 2025. An email with the relevant time and location within our school will be sent. Please check both your Inbox and Junk folders in your email for this communication at the beginning of Term 3.
If the student cannot attend for valid reasons, please email or call the Centre of Excellence office. In this case, the student would be required to sit a supplementary examsoon afterward (the date of which will be communicated via email).
If a student is applying for program/s in the Creative Industries, Sport and/or Enterprise categories, they will be required to attend a trial/audition during a Round. An email with the relevant time and location within our school will be sent during Term 2 and/or 3. Please check both your Inbox and Junk folders in your email for this communication. After a Round is completed, our office will communicate one of the outcomes via email:
- Application has been SUCCESSFUL and the student has been added to the program list for 2026.
- Application has been UNSUCCESSFUL and the student is welcome to reapply once they start the 2026 school year.
- For Round 1 only, an application can be considered PENDING ROUND 2 and the student will be informed of the outcome by the end of Term 3, after the second round of applicants has been processed.
If an application is successful, a letter with our ‘Centre of Excellence Student Agreement Contract’ will be sent. This must be completed and returned to our Administration office, by the due date, to secure the position.
Student applicant requirements
To decide the outcome of a Centre of Excellence application, data is triangulated from various sources including report cards, NAPLAN, OneSchool and/or the trial/audition/exam.
The minimum requirements for a Year 6 2025 student applying are:
- C for English on their most recent report cards.
- Minimum 'Strong' for Reading and Writing on their recent NAPLAN.
- B for English on their most recent report cards if applying for English, Literature & Media.
- B for Mathematics and Science on their most recent report cards if applying for STEM - Science & Mathematics.
- High ratings for Effort and Behaviour in report cards.
- Low number of minor behaviour incident reports.
- High attendance rating.
*Exemptions to these requirements will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
If the data provided is not sufficient, or we require further detail, please be aware that we may contact the student’s Primary school/s and request this.
Additionally, if a student is accepted, and data post decision indicates they are no longer meeting the requirements above, a student may have their enrolment in the program/s cancelled before starting Year 7 in 2026.
Conditions
Upon acceptance into one or more CoE programs, an agreement is required from both the student and parent/carer to uphold the conditions of the ‘Centre of Excellence Student Agreement Contract’ which is provided post acceptance.
It includes:
- Minimum C Level of Achievement (LOA) for all subjects.
- Minimum B LOA for English, Literature & Media.
- Minimum B LOA for STEM- Science & Mathematics.
- ‘Very good’ or ‘Excellent’ Effort, for all CoE programs, on their report cards.
- Minimum ‘Satisfactory’ Effort, for all subjects that are not part of the CoE, on their report cards.
- No more than 2 behaviour incident reports on OneSchool.
- No suspension.
- Attendance remains 92% or above.
- Participation in, and payment for, the Student Resource Scheme (SRS) and Excellence program fee/s.
- Accept that my student will receive an adapted version of the Australian Curriculum due to their enrolment in Centre of Excellence program/s.
If a Centre of Excellence student does not meet these conditions, they may be placed on Academic and/or Behaviour probation. If a student does not pass this probation, their enrolment in Centre of Excellence program/s may be cancelled. A student whose enrolment in Centre of Excellence is cancelled cannot reapply for six (6) months, during which an improvement in their data must be evident.
In most cases, the student's position is backfilled by another student on the waitlist. If a reapplication is successful after the six (6) months, the student may be placed in the program if space is available, or added to a waitlist.