About Marcellin College

Marcellin College Enrolment Policy

Marcellin College is a Catholic College founded by the Marist Brothers in 1950 to meet the educational needs of boys. The enrolment policy at Marcellin College operates within the framework of the “Guidelines for the enrolment of Year 7 students in Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne” of the Catholic Education Office of Melbourne (C.E.O.M Policy 2.17).

The Marist Brothers and the Advisory Council of Marcellin College confirm the primary principle of enrolment that:

“The agreed … process applied at the beginning of each year for the enrolling of students at Year 7 level … be to ensure that, as far as possible, all Catholic students seeking places in Catholic schools would gain places.”

The following list provides an agreed order for processing applications for entry at Year 7 received within enrolment timelines. The priority for entry will be:

• 1. Brothers of students currently enrolled at the College.
• 2. Brothers of Old Boys.
• 3. Sons of Old Boys.
• 4. Boys transferring from other Marist schools.
• 5. Catholic boys whose Priority Parish of residence is one of the following:
  

• Alphington	St. Anthony’s	Heidelberg West	St. Pius X
  Balwyn North	St. Bede’s	Ivanhoe	Mary Immaculate
  Box Hill	St. Francis Xavier	Ivanhoe East	Mother of God
  Box Hill North	St. Clare’s	Ivanhoe West	St. Bernadette’s
  Bulleen	St. Clement of Rome	Kew East	St. Anne’s
  Deepdene	Our Lady of Good Counsel	Macleod	St. Martin of Tours
  Doncaster	St. Gregory the Great	Montmorency	St. Francis Xavier
  Donvale	Our Lady of the Pines	Park Orchards	St. Gerard & St. Anne’s
  Eltham	Our Lady Help of Christians	Surrey Hills	Our Holy Redeemer
  Greythorn	St. Bridget’s	Templestowe	St. Kevin’s
  Heidelberg	St. John’s

  
  
• 6. Other
• • (a) Non-Catholic boys who have attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish.
  • (b) Non-Catholic boys who have not attended a Catholic primary school and are residents of a priority parish.
  • (c) Any other applications.

Parents are advised to apply for enrolment when their son is in Grade 5.

Subsequent to the enrolment application deadline, applications will be processed with consideration given to the above classifications and the date of receipt.

Interviews of applicants may also be conducted. The offer of enrolment is at the discretion of the Principal who will consider each case on its merits and take account of special circumstances.