Please note: 

• Endeavour Hills Specialist School is not a designated neighbourhood school
• during the enrolment process, we will ask you about your transport intentions for your child. Only students who live in one of our designated transport areas will be eligible for transportation on the bus. Students who live less than 4.8km from the school are not entitled to access the special school bus service as per the Department of Education’s School Bus Program
  
• what your intentions are for transporting your child to and from school and know what transport area you live in. To find this out click on the following link: https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/dta_search/

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We are a school for children who have autism with a speech and language impairment and for children with an intellectual disability (IQ of 70 or below). 

To help you prepare for the enrolment application form, have the following information on hand before proceeding with the enrolment enquiry:

If your child has an intellectual disability (ID), 

1. Provide a Comprehensive Teacher Vineland assessment by a psychologist no more than 12 months old with an adaptive behaviour composite (ABC) score of 70 or less.
2. Provide a cognitive assessment by a psychologist no more than 24 months old with your child’s full scale IQ score (FSIQ) of 70 or less and an ID diagnosis. 

Note, the Department of Education provides an assessment service for applications on behalf of students under the category of ID (Students with Disability Assessment Service). For assistance, speak to your child's current school. 

If your child has autism (ASD),

1. Provide a Comprehensive Teacher Vineland assessment by a psychologist no more than 12 months old with an adaptive behaviour composite (ABC) score of 70 or less.
2. Provide an ASD diagnosis from a paediatrician or psychiatrist.
3. Provide a psychological assessment and diagnosis of ASD from a psychologist.
4. Provide a speech assessment (this could be a CELF, PLS or TOLD) with a supporting diagnostic statement of ASD and diagnosis of severe language disorder by a speech pathologist no more than 12 months old with a core language score of 70 or less.

If the child is currently enrolled in a Victorian Government school and you are seeking a transfer, Special School Verification (SSV) will also need to be provided.

If you would like to view our enrolment policy please click here.

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For schools with a restriction to a sufficient accommodation figure

Our school has an enrolment restriction under section 2.2.16 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic).

Our school will prioritise enrolments from:

• students with a sibling attending the school at the same time
• students who live within the school zone
• students seeking enrolment on compassionate grounds, in exceptional circumstances.

Depending on available places remaining, our school may be able to accept a limited number of out-of-zone enrolments according to next closest to the school.

The department will review this enrolment restriction yearly and provide updated advice as necessary.

Therefore meeting eligibility is not a guarantee of an enrolment offer

Timelines:

• September 1st - Complete Prep + external (non government school enrolled) applications need to be received for students hoping for a 2027 enrolment offer. This is in order to allow time for EHSS to apply for SSV. 
  
• End of Term 3 - Complete applications (SSV included) of current students enrolled in a government school need to be received for students hoping for a 2027 enrolment offer

When you have all your documents and information ready, please fill out the Application Form.

Due to the high volume of enquiries, please allow 2 weeks for a member of the enrolment team to make contact after you have submitted the enquiry.