We welcome enrolment enquiries at all year levels. Parents / Caregivers are welcome to make an application using the Online Application Form or by contacting the Enrolments Officer directly, either by phone (09 538 0368) or email (enrolments@elim.school.nz).
We conduct monthly Expression of Interest tours which give interested families an opportunity to have a tour around our Golflands Campus, and meet with our Principal, Mr Murray Burton, who will talk about Elim Christian College and a time for questions.
Elim Christian College has an enrolment scheme and families are required to submit an application for the next year. The priorities for enrolment will be worked through from Priority 1. The Integration Agreement permits the school to have only 10% of its students as non-preferential.
Elim Christian College aims to be a deeply authentic, future-focused learning community by engaging in timeless principles and innovative practices and by integrating a focused biblical world-view.
Preference Enrolment
Preference enrolment is given to students whose parents are regular and active attendees of an Elim church or have established a particular or general connection with the school’s special character. The special character is defined in the Integration Agreement with Elim Proprietors Trust, the Proprietor of the school, and is the Christian beliefs, values and lifestyles as held by Elim Christian Centre. A copy of the school’s special character statement is available on request. The enrolment scheme and applications for enrolment of preferential students will be determined by the Proprietor.
Non-preference Enrolment
Non-preference enrolment is given to children whose parents do not have a connection with the special character of Elim Proprietors Trust. Based on our current capacity and the 10% cap on non-preference students we are unable to accept non-preference students for the 2024 school year.
Non-preference Criteria
Parents accept that their child/ren will be attending a school of Christian character and that their place in the school is conditional on their participation in the daily life of the school.
Parents accept that they will be required to pay attendance dues as set by the Proprietor and these are not voluntary. These are listed below.
Non-Preference enrolment selection criteria that apply: (refer to the draft enrollment scheme)
- Siblings of non-preference students currently attending
- Siblings of former non-preference students
- Non-preference students coming from another Christian school
- All other applicants who want to participate in the Christian character of Elim Christian College.
Non-preference students who cannot enroll immediately may choose to be placed on a waiting list.
Students on this list are wait listed by date and number and will be contacted if places become available.
Waiting List
If the school is within 10 spaces of its roll cap; a waiting list will be used to ensure we do not breach our roll cap.
Students with Disabilities
If a parent wishes to enroll a child with disabilities, the school may need to obtain appropriate resources from the Ministry of Education to accommodate the child.
Expression of Interest Tours
We have conducted these tours and our Open Morning in the first half of 2024. Due to guaranteed processing of application cut off date being 31 July 2024 for the 2025 school year and more applicants on the waitlist than space availability for the 2025 school year we are not be hosting any more Expression of Interest Tours in 2024.
