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Inclusivity sits at the heart of life at Craighead Diocesan School and each year we welcome children from all religious denominational backgrounds. We aim to provide an exceptional boarding and day education, equipping young women to meet the challenges of life beyond Craighead. As well as a broad academic curriculum, there is a huge breadth and depth to the education that is on offer, and we warmly invite you to visit us and consider placing a Pre-enrolment submission.

The admissions department is the first point of contact for all prospective families and we look forward to guiding you through our admissions process and supporting you and your daughter/s along your journey to becoming part of our Craighead family.

Please do explore our website to find out more about Craighead, we welcome applications for our waiting lists at any time and we very much look forward to welcoming you in person at Craighead soon.

Annual Enrolment Process Information

Open Day/Afternoon

  • This is our major annual marketing event for the year. A great opportunity to see our school with your own senior student guide with our younger students in class at work. There is also a chance to speak one-on-one with staff, senior management or board members that will be available at the afternoon tea conclusion.
  • We do hold two different types of ‘Open’ events:
    • Firstly, our usual ‘open to all’ Open Day which we widely advertise – digitally and around our local community.
    • Secondly, is a Pre-Enrol List invite only, held usually on a weekday afternoon – Our Open Afternoon.
  • It would be in May when either of these events would take place.
  • Other marketing events we attend annually are the Wānaka A & P Show and the Mackenzie A & P Show

Daygirl Applications

  • Years 7 or 9 Daygirl applications should be completed and submitted, through our online application system. These applications can be submitted at any time, and will sit on our Pre-Enrol list for that particular start year you have selected on your daughter’s application.
  • To be considered for enrolment for the start of the coming new school year, applications must be submitted before the deadline of 20 May. 
  • After this deadline, Year 7 and Year 9 Daygirl Pre-Enrolments are processed through establishing Preference and by then applying our enrolment scheme priorities. The amount of Year 7 & 9 daygirl places available in the school for the coming new year is established and advertised. This number of places are then allocated to the processed Pre-Enrolment applications.
    • Year 7: Offers of place are then issued to families on 1 June. Families are given 7 days to respond, if any offers are declined, these places are then offered to the next application/s according to the applied enrolment scheme priorities. 
    • Year 9: This process above is then repeated again for the Year 9 Pre-Enrolments on the 1 July.
  • The outcome of any Daygirl enrolment applications received for other Year levels will be advised on an individual basis, but mostly these enrolment applications cannot be considered for a position in the school until the last term of each year. This is when the school roll numbers for the coming new school year are known and if there still any places available.

Boarding Applications

  • Years 7 or 9 Boarding applications should be completed and submitted, through our online application system. These applications can be submitted at any time, and will sit on our Pre-Enrolment list, for that particular start year you have selected on your daughter’s application.
  • To be considered for a boarding place and enrolment in the school for the start of the coming new school year, applications must be submitted before the deadline of 18 May. 
  • After the closing date for Pre-Enrolments, the Year 7 and 9 Boarder Pre-Enrolments are processed through establishing Preference and by then applying our boarding enrolment list of priorities. The number of available places are then allocated to the processed boarding applicants until the amount of places have been filled.  Offers of place are then issued to families on 30 May. Families are given 7 days to respond, if any offers are declined, these places are then offered to the next processed applicant/s.
  • The outcome of any Boarder enrolment applications received for other Year levels, will be advised on an individual basis, but mostly these enrolment applications cannot be considered for a position in the school until the last term of each year. This is when the school roll numbers for the coming new school year are known and if there any places still available. 

Interviews/Meet & Greet

  • For the bulk of our new Years 7 & 9 families, interviews occur after an offer of place has been accepted.
  • These are informal meetings designed for both parties to find out more about each other.
  • Meetings are held with our Senior Leadership team or Year 7 or Year 9 Deans. Boarder families can have meetings with our Principal and Chief Operations Manager.

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