Application Criteria

Age

To ensure that our International Students are able to integrate socially into our school community, all applicants must be of the appropriate age to enter the year level for which they are applying. Therefore, students twelve months older or six months younger than the local students cannot be admitted to the program.

Academic requirements

Students must show that they have been consistent in their academic studies over a two-year period. As a general guide, students studying English as a second language should be achieving a 90% average. Students should average 80% in all other subjects.

Australian Educational Assessment Services (AEAS) test results are required for students entering the Senior School (Years 10, 11 and 12) to enable Beaconhills College to evaluate the student’s level of English proficiency. This test also gives indicators relating to the student’s capacity to study in Mathematics and their general academic potential.

It is important that parents and students realise the need for high-level English skills at the senior levels in all subject areas, including Mathematics and Science.

Visas

International students studying in Australia are required to hold a student visa. For studies at school level, the relevant visa class is 571.

This visa is awarded in conjunction with a study place, and the particular education provider must be named. In this instance, the education provider is Beaconhills College. The College can advise the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS) code.

The conditions of the student visa are:

• To be a full-time student — this entails attending school and participating in all programs held by the school which are deemed to be part of the course in which the student is enrolled (i.e. secondary years)
  
• That the student remains at the nominated education provider for a minimum of 6 months
  
• That the student is under 18 years of age at the time of the visa application
  
• That the school is responsible for the accommodation and welfare arrangements of the student while they are enrolled at the school
  
• That the student completes all course work to a satisfactory standard
  
• That the student cannot undertake paid work.

Further information relating to visas can be obtained from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) website. All visa application forms required are also available from this site.

We recommend that visa applications be made with the assistance of a reputable agent