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Enrolment and attendance

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Forms

Student enrolment form

Use the Student enrolment form to enrol a student in a Northern Territory government school.

If you are enrolling your child in transition or preschool, please also complete and submit the relevant form below. These details will help the Department of Education and Training to provide early childhood services (preschool and child care) that suit the needs of parents and families.

For a student, or an adult student, enrolling in a government secondary school or Community Education Centre that offers Vocational Education and Training (VET), please also submit the VET enrolment attachment (pdf 112Kb).

Please see the Enrolment Frequently Asked Questions (pdf 31Kb) for more details.

Student consent form

Provide parental/carer consent for a student and/or their work to be included in a departmental media or marketing activity eg use of a student's photograph in an official publication or advertisement; display of a students artwork in an official exhibition.

Student consent form: pdf 18 kb | word 40 kb

Enrolment and attendance statistics

We collect enrolment and attendance data eight times a year, in Week 4 and Week 8 of each term.

Enrolment is the number of students enrolled on the collection day. Attendance is the average student attendance over the four weeks before the collection.

The data is grouped in line with nationally agreed location categories: Provincial (Darwin and Palmerston schools), Remote (Alice Springs and Katherine schools) and Very Remote (all other NT schools).

Back to School Payment

The Back to School Payment aims to help families offset the cost of textbooks, stationery, school uniforms, and other essential school items. Parents or guardians of Northern Territory students enrolled from Year 1 to Year 12 in Term 1 are entitled to receive one $75 voucher per student.

More about the payment

Don't miss out on something great

Don't miss out on something great is a Territory-wide school attendance campaign that emphasises how children can benefit from going to school and encourages parents and families to get involved in their child's education. The campaign targets the whole NT community including urban centres and remote communities.