HELLENIC SCHOOLS

STUDENT INTAKE POLICY

 

SECTION A

APPLICATION CUT OFF DATES

• All people wishing to enroll at any Hellenic School must complete an application form and hand it in to the relevant school office.

• Hellenic Nursery School: All applications are to be handed in to the school in the year the child turns one.

• Hellenic Junior School : Grade 1:

For children already in Hellenic Nursery School system.  No re-application is necessary.

For Children not in the Hellenic Nursery School system.  Applications that were previously unsuccessful for the Nursery School, can be carried forward for Grade 1, upon request.  For Greek children, applications will be accepted only up until the date of  the interviews and/or readiness tests and the allocation of places for the following year.  For new applications for Grade 1, applications must be made the year the child turns three.

• Hellenic Academy:

  • Acceptance of applications for places in Form One normally ceases at the end of March in the year prior to which the application is relevant.i.e. The cut off date for 2016 applications will be March 2015.

  • Applications for places in Form Two are accepted throughout the year.

  • Applications for places in Form Three should be made during the Form Two year.Subject choices for IGCSE are made at the end of Form Two, so it is not desirable to take in pupils in Form Three as the structure of their subject choices may be very different.If the structure of choices is the same as the Academy’s, and there is a place available, these applications will be considered.

  • The Academy does not normally take pupils into Form Four.

  • Towards the end of January when IGCSE and ZIMSEC O Level results are published, the Academy accepts applications from outside pupils wishing to be considered for the limited number of new places that the Academy may have for Lower Sixth.Admission is granted to those who meet the stringent requirements once the Academy’s own pupils have made their choices.

• Should applications not be submitted on time and the Grade/Class/Form has already reached its maximum size, you are entitled to join a waiting list.Schools send out letters every year asking whether you wish your application to remain on file.Should you not respond, your applications are taken off the list.Just to be safe, please check with the relevant school in January each year.

 

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

The selection of pupils into any Hellenic School will be done using the following criteria:

• Priority 1: Greek children who have met the requirements after interviewing/readiness tests/entrance exams.  It is a pre-requisite for parents of Greek children to provide proof they are paid up members of the Harare & Districts Hellenic Community when submitting applications to the relevant school.  If however, applicants have NOT met the required standards during interviews/readiness tests/entrance examinations, their parents will be advised accordingly.

• Priority 2: Sibling who meet the requirements after interviewing/readiness tests/entrance examinations.  This is only applicable to immediate brothers and sisters.

• Priority 3: Children who attend Hellenic Nursery School for Primary School applications and children who attend Hellenic Primary School for Hellenic Academy applications – again, subject to having met the requirements of interviews/readiness tests/entrance exams.

• Priority 4:Final selection is based purely and on merit and scores achieved on interviews/readiness tests/examinations.

 

SECTION B

INTAKE FOR OTHER CLASSES/GRADES/FORMS

It must be understood that:

• There are limitations as to how many children can be taught in one class in order that teaching methodologies/standards and teacher/pupil ratios are not comprimised.

 

Therefore:

• If there are vacancies in any of the classes then the priority taken from the waiting lists will be:

  • First – Greek

  • Second – Siblings as defined in Section A

  • Any other children with criteria as defined in Section A

 

In an attempt to keep our standards high at Hellenic, please accept that absolutely no-one can arrive at any Hellenic School and expect to be given a place immediately for any grade or form if the classes are full, or if they have not met the criteria as detailed above.

Please do not assume that you will granted a place should you not apply in good time.

J Koumides  
President - Harare & Districts Hellenic Community