How to apply

Applying for eligibility determination

Students applying for an eligibility determination must:

• complete the relevant Application for Eligibility Determination form (including the Statutory Declaration)
• provide relevant additional documentation the principal requires, or that they wish to include.

Note: Submitting false, inaccurate or incomplete information could place a student's eligibility for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) at risk.

Eligibility determination forms

Eligibility determination forms contain sections that the student's home school and, where applicable, the school delivering the course must complete.

These documents also contain all the forms needed for a full appeal process. Students should only fill out the review and appeal sections if necessary.

• Apply to enrol in a [Language] Beginners course (PDF 258.29KB)
• Apply to enrol in a [Language] Continuers course (PDF 258.54KB)
• Apply to enrol in a [Language] in Context course (PDF 251.58KB)

Determining eligibility

The principal of the school delivering the course determines eligibility. This may be:

• the student's home school
• the Secondary College of Languages
• the NSW School of Languages
• a Distance Education Centre
• a TAFE.

For a student who intends to study the course with an approved outside tutor, the principal of the student's home school determines eligibility.

To be deemed eligible for a course, a student must meet all eligibility criteria at the time of entry to that course.

The principal must provide the eligibility determination to the student in writing before the student enrols in the relevant Language course. Schools that deliver Language courses outside the home school may have early submission deadlines. The student is responsible for meeting these deadlines.

The principal must:

• keep copies of the student's Application for Eligibility Determination form and additional documentation used to inform the decision
• inform the student of the review and appeal procedures
• provide the student with the relevant review and appeal forms on request.

Support

To help students understand the criteria and to assist principals to determine eligibility, the following case studies show the application of the eligibility criteria. Principals may seek advice from us about complex or atypical cases.