Applications for 2023 enrolment close at 4.30pm on Monday 5th September 2022. We will contact you when your application documents have been received. Please return the completed application documents to or: The Enrolment Registrar, Cornerstone Christian School, 119 Mihaere Drive, Palmerston North 4414.
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You may download our application documents or pick up an enrolment pack from the school office. In most instances, new students in Years 2-13 will start at the beginning of the school year. Places come up in Years 2-13 when students leave the school due to family relocation etc. New entrants who have been offered a place may start school on the intake following their fifth birthday, or later on request. Each year, we have eight intake dates which fall at the start and mid-point of each school term. Cohort entry for new entrantsĬornerstone Christian School has adopted cohort entry for new entrants (five year-olds). Therefore, sadly, we will not have any places for ‘non-preference’ applicants in 2023. In 2023, we expect to have more ‘preference’ applications for enrolment than we have places for. Should a church not belong to a Christian leaders/ministers network, then they may meet the criteria based on their beliefs as stated. Variations in belief should be minor in nature, and not seen as a major tenant of the Christian faith. Secondly, that the church has a set of beliefs that is largely in agreement with the school’s beliefs as established by the proprietor. This could be established by it being a member or belonging to a Christian leaders/ministers’ network (e.g. * Established Christian church would mean a church that has an on-going relationship with other Christian churches in a city or town. To qualify as a ‘preference’ enrolment at Cornerstone Christian School, a parent of the child must regularly attend an established Christian church* and be a committed Christian, as attested to (in writing) by a church senior pastor/leader.
Preference of enrolment is determined by the school’s proprietor, the Cornerstone Christian Education Trust. Cornerstone Christian School may only enrol ‘non-preference’ applicants if enrolment places remain after all ‘preference’ applicants have been enrolled and the board judges that the enrolment of non-preference applicants will not compromise its ability to offer places to preference applicants who might apply for enrolment at a later date. ‘Preference’ is a Ministry of Education term which indicates that a student falls within the special character criteria (which is the school’s reason for existing). At least 95% of students at Cornerstone must be ‘preference’. Ministry of Education requirementsĬornerstone Christian School is currently under a Ministry of Education imposed maximum roll cap of 615 students. We are currently unable to enrol international fee-paying students. EligibilityĬhildren who are NZ or Australian citizens, or who have a NZ residence visa or a NZ student visa which does not name a school, are eligible to apply for enrolment at Cornerstone Christian School. If you would like to visit the school please contact the Enrolment Registrar to request an appointment.
Prior to filling in an Application for Enrolment form, parents/caregivers may visit the school in order to determine whether it is a good fit for their child.