Admissions Policy


 * 1) The Mission of Beaulieu College is to create a challenging, empowering, multi-faith environment and to provide a balanced education sustained by our inspirational teaching staff and leadership team.
 * 2) Beaulieu College was established to provide for the educational needs of the Beaulieu and surrounding community. An Admissions Committee consisting of the Head, the Deputy Head: Academics or one other member of the Executive, and two members of the Board of Governors reviews all admissions and makes recommendations to the Board of Governors.
 * 3) Before a pupil is admitted to the College, the family concerned must meet all the entrance requirements such as registration (by 31 March in the year prior to entry), testing (except in the case of pupils who attend the Family of Schools Preparatory Schools and whom are recommended for admission to the College by the Head of the Prep), Head’s interview, admissions committee approval and have prepaid a non-refundable capital and development levy by the stipulated date. (See notes on admission procedure below).
 * 4) Consideration will be given to the following:
 * 5) Children of founding shareholders will be given preference.
 * 6) Children of staff members of the Family of Schools will be given preference.
 * 7) Current Grade 7 pupils from Beaulieu and Kyalami Preps will be given preference.
 * 8) Siblings will be given preference.
 * 9) The academic record of the pupil will be considered.
 * 10) Geographic proximity to the College will be considered.
 * 11) The date of application to the College will be considered.
 * 12) The girl/ boy ratio within the school will be considered.
 * 13) Diversity issues will be considered.
 * 14) * Please note that all preference referred to above is contingent upon the non-refundable capital and development levy being paid by 30 June in the year prior to entry into the College. Preference falls away in the case of late registration and/or late levy payments.
 * 15) * The decision of this committee is final and no appeals will be considered.
 * 16) The following procedure is followed before a pupil is admitted to the College:
 * 17) A registration fee of R500.00 (non-refundable) is payable upon registration.
 * 18) Proof of the child’s date of birth, a utility bill plus a copy of the child’s latest school report must be submitted at the time of registration.
 * 19) An diagnostic test, consisting of a one hour test in each of English, Afrikaans and Mathematics, is sat. Learners who are pupils at the Family of Schools Preparatory schools are exempt from writing the diagnostic tests provided they are recommended to the College by the Heads of the Preparatory schools. This recommendation will be based on the pupil’s academic, behavioural and co-curricular records.
 * 20) The pupil and his/her parents are interviewed by the Head.
 * 21) The Admissions Department will contact the transferring school to establish the family’s creditworthiness.
 * 22) A letter confirming the acceptance or non-acceptance of the pupil is given/sent to the pupil’s parents after the admissions committee has considered the application. In the case of acceptance, a signed letter from the parents confirming their acceptance of the place offered is put in the pupil’s file. The said letter calls for the non-refundable development levy (the amount of which is determined annually by the Board of Governors) to be paid by the end of June in the year prior to commencing at the College in order to secure the pupil’s admission to the College.
 * 23) Should a pupil apply for a place at the College after the June cut-off date for all levy payments, then the levy must be paid within one week of the offer of acceptance being issued in order to secure admission to the College. No child is guaranteed admission to the College without this amount being paid in full by the due date.