Admissions
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School-aged students are enrolled at Kelston Deaf Education Centre School because they are Deaf or hearing impaired. These students require specialist and precision teaching to access the New Zealand Curriculum. Students attending Kelston Deaf Education Centre School are preferably ORRS funded and hold proof of residence in New Zealand.
The existing learning groups of students and the availability of placements within departments will be considered in all admission decisions.
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How to Enrol
An application for schooling can be made by parents, family, whanau, and caregivers through the Ministry of Education, Special Education or Kelston Deaf Education Centre. All applications need to involve an Advisor on Deaf Children (MOE)
1. Contact either The Deputy Head of School, Margaret Carr
or the Ministry of Education Special Education – the local office for your area.
2. The Admissions Committee (at KDEC) meets weekly to consider all applications for enrolment.
3. Visits to the school will be arranged for you.
4. An Open Admission Day is held annually in the third term.
5. If your child is not born in New Zealand, proof of eligibility for enrolment into a New Zealand state school is required, e.g. parents work permit, passport containing residency stamp, New Zealand passport, Certificate of Citizenship. N.B. Australian residents, Cook Islands, Tokelauan and Nuiean students are eligible as of right. The School does not enrol International Students.
6. The decision for admission is based on:
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· Level of Deafness
· Communication mode
· Age
· ORRS status
· Proof of New Zealand citizenship, residency, or student permit status
· Additional disabilities
· Availability of village placement for regional students
· The degree of Curriculum adaptation required and
· Availability and suitablity of placement
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7. Parents and the person submitting the application are informed in writing by the Deputy Head of School of the decision.
8. The 30th of September is the annual closing date for new admissions for the following year. Any expression to enrol students into KDEC after this date will be considered individually.
9. An application to the Residential Village can be made when applying to enrol in the school. If the application to the school is successful then the application to the village will be considered. A visit by parents/caregiver needs to take place before admission to the Residential village is confirmed.