No learner will be refused admission to Pearson on grounds of race, physical disability (providing the existing facilities make this feasible) or religious belief; nor on grounds of financial circumstances, except where Pearson High is NOT the nearest High School to the learner’s home.
No learner will be admitted to Pearson who does not satisfy the age requirements as stipulated in General Notice 2433 (Government Gazette 19377) of 19 October 1998:
The statistical norm per grade is the grade number plus 6. Thus:
Gr. 8 + 6 = 14 years
Gr. 9 + 6 = 15 years
Gr. 10 + 6 = 16 years
Gr. 11 + 6 = 17 years
Gr. 12 + 6 = 18 years
No learner may therefore be admitted to Pearson who, in January of that year, is more than 1 year (12 months) older than the average age for that grade. The parent must, on application, present an official birth certificate, or certified copy thereof, to the Principal.
As compulsory school attendance ends on the last school day of the year in which the learner reaches 15 years of age or the ninth grade (whichever comes first), the school is not obliged to admit learners to the school if they no longer qualify for compulsory attendance. Admission will be allowed at the discretion of the Principal acting under delegated authority of the Governing Body.
Efforts will be made to ensure, as far as possible, that there is a reasonable ratio for girls and boys in each grade and the admissions of new learners will be in the discretion of the principal, be dictated thereby.
Preference will be given to applicants for whom Pearson is the nearest High School to their home, provided that application is made in time.
Preference will be given to a child of a Past Pupil of Pearson, even if Pearson is not the nearest High School to their home.
All documents required by the school for purposes of an application for admission, must be produced when requested, and forms completed compre-hensively. Failure to furnish any of the relevant documents may result in an application not being considered.
The school reserves the right to verify all information supplied to them via this application. In the event of fraudulent documents submitted, the school reserves the right to lay a criminal charge of fraud against any of the parties to this application.
Learners have to live with their parents or with their legal guardians. The Principal requires acceptable proof thereof as a condition precedent to admission.
A detailed and/or comprehensive conduct/behavioural report may be required by the school, and signed by the principal of the learner’s prior school or schools. The Principal shall be entitled to decline an application for admission, in the event that the conduct report / behavioural report demonstrates an unsatis-factory behavioural or disciplinary record
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