+61 8 6274 1300
melville.shs@education.wa.edu.au
Apply for Specialist Programs 2026 before 7 Mar 2025

https://www.education.wa.edu.au/specialist-programs

Local enrolments for 2025 and Specialist Program Applications for 2026 are still open.

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Enrol at Melville Senior High School, where students thrive in a supportive, award-winning environment where they develop resilience, foster innovation, and achieve success, guided by a team of passionate and highly skilled educators.

We invite you to join us on our school tour and information session to discover why Melville Senior High School is the leading school of choice.

We offer a comprehensive education program with a range of specialist development in Aviation, Graphic Design Media, Music in Focus and Netball to provide a strength-based approach to success. We support the student wholistically through opportunities for extension, tailored academic interventions and enrichment across artistic, creative, academic, sporting, and personal development.

Our inclusive range of programs ensure all students have the opportunity to develop skills for success, allowing them to thrive in their chosen pathway and the journey beyond high school.

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Applications for Students Living Inside the Local Intake Area

Melville Senior High School is designated as a local intake school.

Students, their family, or carers MUST LIVE within the school boundaries at the time enrolment commences.

Local Intake Enrolments

Enrolling your child is normally completed through the primary school your child attends. Enrolment information is distributed to primary schools in Term 1 of each year. Parents are required to complete an application form and submit for processing.

Students intending to enrol in Year 7 must submit an application by 1 July of the year prior to Year 7.

Late and incomplete enrolment applications may miss subject selection, parent evenings and transition day. Parents wishing to enrol students after the school term or school year has commenced, need to complete an application for enrolment and make an appointment with the school to discuss their circumstances.

Proof of Residence 

Parents or carers need to provide:

  • Birth Certificate
  • Latest school report
  • Proof of address
  • Immunisation papers
  • Immigration papers and details if not a permanent resident.

Complete the local area student enrolment application form and email Melville.SHS.Admissions@education.wa.edu.au

or deliver to Melville Senior High School,
18 Potts St, Melville, Western Australia 6156

MAP OF LOCAL INTAKE AREA
LOCAL AREA STUDENT ENROLMENT
PROOF OF RESIDENCE INFORMATION

Expression of Interest for Out of Area Enrolments

Limited places are available to students living outside the local intake area.

Students living outside the local intake area may apply for consideration in our Aviation, Gifted and Talented, Graphic Design Media and Netball Specialist Programs.

Specific eligibility requirements apply.

To find out more, visit Specialist and Extension Programs.

OUT OF AREA STUDENT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

More Enrolment Information

Voluntary Contributions
Funds requested from parents that go towards the cost of resources, services and facilities used by students in their educational program. Voluntary contributions are based on choice of subjects but will not exceed $235.00 per year.

Compulsory charges

In Years 7 to 10 fees and charges that relate to optional activities chosen by the student, parent or carer that include high cost components are compulsory. Participation is voluntary, but a charge is payable if the student opts to participate.

Note: Compulsory charges apply to all Year 11 and 12 courses.

Contributions and Charges List

The Department of Education provides an allowance to assist eligible families or carers with secondary schooling costs through the Secondary Assistance Scheme (SAS).

Parents or carers who hold one of the following cards are eligible to apply for secondary school assistance before the last day of Term 1.

  • Centrelink Family Health Care Card
  • Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card
  • Veteran’s Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

To apply:

  • Application forms are available from the school Office Administration.
  • Applications are to be completed as soon as possible as we must submit completed and witnessed applications forms to the Department of Education.

For more information, visit the Department of Education Secondary Assistance Scheme.

Secondary Assistance Scheme

Students living outside the Local Intake Area can enrol in Melville Senior High School if they are accepted into one of our Specialist Programs.

For any queries, email melville.shs@education.wa.edu.au or call +61 8 6274 1300.

Specialist Programs

Visit our Gifted and Talented Academic Selective Entrance page.

Information regarding the Gifted and Talented Academic Selective Entrance program can be found by visiting the Department of Education.

Apply for the Gifted and Talented Program