The Education Directorate has made a number of changes to school Priority Enrolment Areas (PEAs) in response to the city’s fast-growing population.
The Directorate said suburb demographics in the ACT shifted over time and changes were made to PEAs to ensure they were responsive to population growth which impacted ACT public schools.
“Two new PEA ‘Shared Zones’ will be implemented for the 2022 school year,” the Directorate said.
“The first establishes a new PEA Shared Zone across Gungahlin and Dickson Colleges, meaning that residents of both Priority Enrolment Areas are able to apply to enrol across both Colleges,” it said.
“The second northside PEA change is a one-way Shared Zone for enrolments at Ainslie Primary School.”
The Directorate said the new suburbs of Kenny and Throsby would also be included in the Shared zone for Gungahlin and Dickson Colleges.
It said Gungahlin College and Dickson College enrolment applications would be subject to available capacity and enrolment criteria, and where an enrolment wasn’t able to be accepted at a preferred site due to capacity constraints, it would be referred to the alternate College within the Shared Zone.
“Consistent with existing PEA Shared Zones, students are guaranteed enrolment at one of the schools in the Shared Zone, but not necessarily the one which you select as your first preference,” it said.
The Directorate said families residing in the PEAs for Majura Primary School and North Ainslie Primary School would be able to apply to enrol at Ainslie Primary School.
It reiterated that the PEA Shared Zone was one-way, meaning that families residing in the PEA for Ainslie Primary School were still considered ‘out of area’ for any application to enrol at another school beyond Ainslie Primary School.
Further information on enrolments, including PEAs, can be accessed at this PS News link.
