Step 1. Eligibility Information

Determine if your child is eligible and the enrolment category.

The student needs to demonstrate that they are enrolled in a full time registered ballet/dance school and unable to attend a mainstream school.

Conditions of enrolment
For enrolment to be accepted parents/caregivers must sign their agreement to the general conditions stated in the online Enrolment Declaration (initial enrolment application). In addition parents/caregivers enrolling dance/ballet school students understand:

Students must attend SIDE half a day per week (8.30 am – 1.10 pm)
Students will complete the academic program set by SIDE for their year level
Students will sit tests and exams on site at SIDE

Additional documents required for enrolment:

an acceptance letter from a registered ballet school

Elite Performance (Arts/Sports)

The student needs to demonstrate that they are participating in high level competition or performance and unable to attend a mainstream school.

Additional documents required for enrolment:

Evidence of involvement with competition/performance at a national/international level and
Evidence of support by an official organisation in particular area and/or
Independent documentation attesting to level of achievement.

Geographical Isolation

The student needs to demonstrate that they are geographically isolated in WA as defined by at least one of the categories below:

The distance between home and the nearest appropriate government school/s is 16km or more and the distance between home and *available transport service/s to the nearest appropriate government school/s is 4.5km or more, or
The distance between home and the nearest appropriate government school/s is 8km or more and distance between home and *available transport service/s to the nearest appropriate government school/s is 8km or more, or
The travel time between home and the nearest appropriate government school/s return journey takes 3 hours or more.

*Available transport service means any regular scheduled public transport, private carrier or school service that currently provides a pick-up point within the specified distances of the student's home or would do so if requested by the family.

Travelling Temporarily

Overseas

The maximum enrolment period is up to two years.
Students are not eligible to apply for SIDE if they are enrolled at an overseas school.
Additional documents required for enrolment:

Travel documents (airline tickets/itinerary) and/or
Signed parent/care-giver work contract with place of employment and time period of employment or
Evidence that may be approved by the SIDE Principal.
WA based students maintain their enrolment at their current school and enrol at SIDE in partnership with their current school on a Section 24 under the WA Education Act.
A Section 24 arrangement is used for primary or secondary students who are temporarily attending another school or who wish to undertake an alternative attendance arrangement for short term programs provided by another school or training organisation away from the student’s current school.

Within Australia

The maximum enrolment period is up to one year.
Additional documents required for enrolment:

Holiday itinerary and/or
Parent/care-giver work contract or
Evidence that may be approved by the SIDE Principal

Step 1. Eligibility Information

Enrolments