Mackay Northern Beaches State High School

Out of Catchment Enrolment Consideration Process

Students who reside outside the school's local catchment boundary who apply for enrolment at the school will be put on a waiting list in order of receipt of application. Where there is spare capacity, students will be enrolled from the waiting list based on the following criteria and order of priority:

  • Where a school runs a Program of Excellence / Specialisation, places will only be available to ‘out of catchment’ enrolments if they satisfy the school’s criteria for placement in that particular Program and the defined number of places has not yet been filled by enrolments from within the catchment.
  • All other enrolment applications.

Criteria Consideration for 2013 and 2014 ONLY

With the discontinuation of Year 7 at Eimeo Road SS and Bucasia SS from 2013, consideration of currently enrolled Year 6 students at these schools living outside of the catchment (and wishing to attend MNBSHS) requiring to enrol at another school for Year 7, before enrolling at another secondary school in Year 8, will be excluded from the above criteria for 2013 and 2014 ONLY. As at 2015, all Year 7 students will then be incorporated into high school across Queensland. All supporting documentation as per the enrolment criteria information must be supplied in this instance as well.

Process to follow for applying to enrol as an out of catchment student.

1)Write a letter to the Principal of Mackay Northern Beaches SHS, Ms Sian Burrows clearly stating your case for enrolment. Pleaseensure you include any supporting documentation (as per the Proof of Residency Criteria)as well as all contact details.

3) Due to the tight timelines, necessitated by emerging local development considerations, Out of Catchment enrolment applications for 2012 need to be received by November 23rd.

4) Annually, Out of Catchment enrolments will be considered in May (for Semester 2 start) and November (for following year commencement) as a first consideration for enrolment. All other enrolment applications will be considered on a case by case basis, dependant on available capacity.

3) Submit this letter with the supporting documentation: -

  • In person to the Admin Building at the school(Monday—Friday 8.00am—3.30pm) – from Jan 29, 2013
  • Email it to
  • Post it to Mackay Northern Beaches SHS,PO Box 760, Mackay Qld 4740

Please note that the school's enrolment capacity for students who live outside the local catchment is dependent upon:-

1. The school's enrolment capacity

2. Catering for in-catchment enrolments

3.Allowing for in-catchment growth during the year

4. Ensuring an even spread of students across all year levels while maintaining class size targets

The full copy of the Enrolment Management Plan for Mackay Northern Beaches SHS is available at

For additional enrolment queries, you can contact the school Administration Team on
4967 1405.