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Fact Sheet: Sporting Merit

Brisbane State High School has a proud sporting tradition and a strong commitment to the Great Public Schools (GPS) Association of Queensland Inc and Queensland Girls' Secondary School Sporting Association (QGSSSA) programs. The school has discretionary power to determine in which activities, and to which students in a particular activity, it has the capacity to offer assistance and support.

It is a requirement that students who successfully gain admission on the basis of their sporting merit will continue to participate fully in that sport (and others) during their years at the school. Students who enrol under this category will be expected to make Brisbane State High School and its involvement in GPS and QGSSSA sport their primary sporting commitment. The minimum level of achievement required

  • selection in a Regional Team competing in a State competition or an equivalent standard of performance.

Applications can be made under the following sports

Girls
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Debating
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics
  • Rowing
  • Softball
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Touch
  • Volleyball
Boys
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Debating
  • Rowing
  • Rugby
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball

For further details on each of the sports available at Brisbane State High School visit the Extra Curricular Web.

Original documents required for all applicants to BSHS

For all applicants, we need to see original documents which prove that the child is entitled to attend a State school without paying full fees (as would be the case for fee-paying overseas students). We therefore need to see at least one of the following:

  • Child's Australian birth certificate. (It is a Commonwealth Government proviso that for Australian births prior to 20 August 1986, the child's Birth Certificate is sufficient. For births after that date, the child's certificate must be accompanied by evidence that, at the time of the birth, at least one of the parents was an Australian citizen.) OR
  • Australian or New Zealand passport (of student NOT parent) OR
  • Australian citizenship certificate (of student or parent) OR
  • Appropriate visa

Other original documents required

  1. School reports - Child's original reports for previous two semesters
  2. Sporting achievement - Documentation of level of achievement
  3. Fee-for-service - $100.00 Non-refundable fee-for-service (includes GST)

To ensure prompt processing of the application, all relevant original documents should be included with the application form. Applications which are incomplete will not be processed.

Note 1:

All applications must include the original documents and a photocopy of each document. The original will be sighted and the supplied copy verified. The original documents will be returned to the applicant's parents (identification required) or will be returned via mail. Brisbane State High School can take no responsibility for documents returned via mail.

Submitting your application

Completed application packages can be mailed to:

Enrolment Manager
Brisbane State High School Vulture Street
SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Please note: Original documents may be collected from the school by a parent (identification required) or they can be returned by post (Brisbane State High School cannot accept any responsibility for documents sent in the post).

OR

Completed application packages can be lodged with the school’s Enrolment Manager. The Enrolment Manager is located on Vulture Street and is open:

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Appointments are available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

(Excluding school holidays).

To make an appointment please contact the school:

Phone: 07 3291 4111

Upcoming Dates

  • 20-11-2009 Graduation - Conventrion Centre, Great Hall
  • 23-11-2009 Work experience week - year 10 & 11
  • 25-11-2009 Year 11 block exams conclude
  • 25-11-2009 Parent Information evening - Putting Parents in the Picture, PAC, 6.45pm

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Date 23/11/2009

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