Green School Admissions Policy

When are students admitted?

Green School accepts applications for admissions throughout the school year and places students for start dates at the beginning of a semester in either August or January.  Occasionally, mid-semester placements are accommodated, but only if there is a commitment from the student to continue for the remainder of the semester and for the duration of the following semester.  Should a mid-semester admission be accommodated, tuition is not pro-rated; tuition for the full semester is due.

What are the criteria that lead to a successful admission?

Green School admits students whose academic and personal needs can be met by the programs and student support services available at the time of admission.  While we aim for inclusiveness in our admissions decisions, we reserve the right to refuse admission to students whom we determine will not benefit educationally from attending Green School.  To this effect, careful consideration is exercised before admitting students with the following needs:

Students with physical challenges:

Green School’s unique campus environment presents specific challenges to students with physical challenges.  Students admitted to Green School must be able to tolerate and physically navigate uneven pathways and terrain, stairs, heat, exposure to dust, insects and other factors unique to Green School’s campus environment.

Any student with hearing, vision or allergy problems will require a current medical evaluation that takes into account the unique setting at the Green School.

Students with learning differences:

There is evidence to suggest that learning in a natural environment can have a positive impact on students with learning differences. However, we have also seen students who do not respond well to studying in a stimuli-rich learning environment that is the reality of the Green School campus.  Prospective Green School students must understand that our campus environment can pose particular challenges to students who may be exceptionally distracted by, or struggle with sensory overload as a result of heat, rain, wind, the sounds of nature, and other environmental realities that present themselves in a classroom with no walls.  Placement decisions are thus made on both determining if Green School’s campus will be a suitable learning environment for the student given their particular learning challenge(s), and moreover, if sufficient learning support resources are available to address the student’s academic needs at the time of admission.

The objective of Green School’s Admissions team is to establish a clear understanding of the learning needs of its applicants prior to making placement decisions. Therefore, applicants who have a history of requiring learning support are asked to submit the following documentation prior to any final placement decisions being made:

• Psychiatric Evaluation (within the last three years)
• Individual Education Plan (IEP) and educational reports
• Medical History & Reports (where applicable)
• Record of Placement & Treatment History

Any student requiring Occupational, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy or Mental Health Support will not be admitted unless parent can show proof that they contracted these services with another provider in Bali.

Green School will admit students requiring learning support up to a determined threshold for the semester.  Once that limit has been reached, no additional students requiring learning support will be admitted until either space becomes available or additional resources are in place to meet their learning needs.

Students who are non-native speakers of English:

Green School provides ESL support to students for whom English is a second or foreign language.  Students requiring ESL support are admitted when ESL support resources are available to address the student’s language learning needs at the time of admission.

Green School will admit students requiring ESL support up to a determined threshold for the semester.  Once that limit has been reached, no additional students requiring ESL support will be admitted until either space becomes available or additional resources are in place to meet their learning needs.

Conditions for admissions refusal:

Green School reserves the right to refuse admission to applicants based on the following considerations:

• There are negative elements in the applicant’s scholastic or behavioural record that could potentially have a negative impact on the Green School community.
• The class size is at capacity for the grade being applied for.
• Required documentation as per admissions procedures is not provided.
• Conditions for prioritizing admissions:
• Green School prioritizes placement of students who:
• intend on registering for a period of a year or longer.
• express a commitment to being a positive and contributing member of our unique Green School community.
• are a child of a Green School faculty member or employee
• have a sibling at Green School who has been registered for a period of at least one full semester

Class Sizes

Maximum class enrolments are as follows:

Pre-K Prep, Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2:  20 students maximum
Grade 3 – Grade 8 inclusive: 24 students maximum
Grade 9 – Grade 12 inclusive: 20 students maximum

Some extenuating circumstances such as the need for a student to repeat a year or to accommodate the child of an incoming faculty member may dictate the need to exceed the maximum class size.  This situations, however, are very unlikely and uncommon.

Waiting List

If an application is received for a grade that is already at its enrolment capacity, the student will be placed on a waiting list.  In order to be placed on a waiting list, a completed application along with all required documentation and the application fee must be submitted to Green School’s Admissions team.  Applications are placed in priority sequence based on the date that the full application and fee was received.

Successful Placement and Registration

Placement and registration is complete after the following has occurred:

• The application has been received along with all required documentation and fees
• The application is reviewed and approved by the Head of Admissions
• The classroom teacher and Principal are informed of the application and approve of the placement
• If applicable, the Learning Support specialist and/or the ESL teacher and/or the Director of the Student Village (boarding program) are informed of the application and approve of the placement.
• In the event that the above listed individuals are unable to reach consensus on a placement decision, the Educational Director will be brought in to
• Registration fees and deposit are paid in full.

Parents receive a formal acceptance letter from Admissions to confirm the successful placement and registration of their child(ren).

Withdrawal Notice

To help the school to manage our enrolments efficiently, it is absolutely necessary that parents provide the Admissions team at least one semester’s written notice of withdrawal. Should one full semester’s notice to withdraw not be received by the Admissions team, the deposit refund may not be granted.

Green School reserves the right to withdraw an already registered student when any or all of the following conditions apply:

• the student’s learning needs cannot be met given available resources
• the student’s presence in the class has an ongoing negative impact on her/his classmates
• the student’s behaviour is determined to have a detrimental impact on the Green School community
• the student’s attendance record is unacceptable (missing 10% or more of classes in any given semester)

In the event that a student is required to withdraw from Green School due to any of the above reasons, no tuition refund will be granted for the balance of the semester that the student is not in attendance.