Enrolment Policy

To ensure that Catholic schools are accessible for all Catholic families, this policy promotes a consistent and transparent approach to establishing and implementing local school enrolment admission policies, and complies with all relevant legislation. To achieve this objective, schools operated by MACS are required to cooperate and collaborate to ensure fair and equitable access to Catholic schools for families.
This policy supports the special relationship that continues to exist between the Catholic Church and the non-Catholic Eastern churches, based on a belief in the same sacraments and a close nexus in theology and catechesis.  The MACS Enrolment Policy adheres to the minimum standards required by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA).

MACS secondary colleges. The order of priority for MACS secondary colleges is:

1. Siblings of children already enrolled in the school

2. Catholic children who are residents of a designated priority parish and have attended a Catholic primary school in one of those parishes

3. Catholic children who are residents of a designated priority parish and have not attended a Catholic primary school 

4. Catholic children from other parishes (for pastoral reasons) 

5. Children from non-Catholic Eastern churches (i.e. Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox and other Orthodox) who have attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish 

6. Children from non-Catholic Eastern churches (i.e. Greek Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox and other Orthodox) who have not attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish 

7. Other Christian children who have attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish 

8. Other Christian children who have not attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish 

9. non-Christian children who have attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish 

10. non-Christian children who have not attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish.