Secondary College of Languages

Connection Diversity Excellence

Telephone02 7814 2115

EmailSCLanguages.School@det.nsw.edu.au

Enrolment

Start your language learning journey at Secondary College of Languages by reading through the Enrolment Booklet. Once you are ready, download and complete the enrolment application form and required appendices.

Enrolment information and forms

Completed application form and supporting documents should be forwarded to SCL.Enrolments@det.nsw.edu.au by the weekday school.

Eligibility

Students seeking to enrol at the Secondary College of Languages must meet the following eligibility criteria:

  1. The student must be enrolled with a public school or other educational provider (including a non-government school or TAFE college) at the time of study.
  2. The language requested should be the student’s community language or a language in which the student has had prior learning.
  3. The language course requested must not be available for study at the student’s weekday school.

Continuers courses

Students seeking to enrol in [Language] Continuers courses, where there are [Language] in Context and/or [Language] and Literature courses must also satisfy NESA’s eligibility requirements:

  1. Students have had no more than one year’s formal education from the first year of primary education (Year 1) in a school where the language is the medium of instruction.
  2. Students have had no more than three years of residency in the past 10 years in a country where the language is the medium of communication

Context courses

Students seeking to enrol in [Language] in Context courses where there is a [Language] and Literature course must also satisfy NESA's eligibility requirements:

  1. Students have had no formal education in a school where the language is the medium of instruction beyond the year in which the student turns 10 years of age (typically Year 4 or 5 of primary education).

Speakers of dialects and variants of a language (for example Hokkien, Cantonese, Shanghainese) are considered to be speakers of the standard language (for example Mandarin). 

Students who do not meet the eligibility requirements for a [Language] in Context course are encouraged to apply for the [Language] and Literature course.

Discontinuation

Students who wish to withdraw from the Secondary College of Languages will need to complete a Discontinuation Form below:

 

The form needs to be signed by the student, parent/caregiver and the student's weekday school. Completed form should be emailed to SCLanguage.School@det.nsw.edu.au.

The College will email the SCL Coordinator with an official ‘Notice of Discontinuation’ once the form has been processed. This email will contain the date from which the discontinuation is effective. The school is responsible for withdrawing the student from the unit on Schools Online.