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Assessment
Applicants are scheduled for an assessment only after the application for admission is complete. All children will be assessed in their appropriate year group (see Year Group Placement below). This includes children applying for places in the E.S.L. Programme.

The nature of the assessment varies for different year groups and may require meeting a member of the academic staff. This will also help ascertain whether a child requires support for special needs or learning difficulties. As we may not have the capability of meeting the needs of children with learning difficulties, the School may have to deny admission. Other reasons an admission is denied may include concerns about the child’s academic records and/or behavioral display.

Specific dates and time for assessment correspond with the Year group and the term where admission is applied for.

Children are placed in year groups according to their age on first of September as follows:

Year Group	Age as of 1st of September
Early Years	3-5 years
Key Stage 1	5-7 years
Key Stage 2	7-11 years

Malaysian Applicant
Any Malaysian parents who wish their child(ren) to enter into Christopher's International Primary School, Penang must comply with the Ministry of Education's admission criteria. Parents are requested to submit the completed Lampiran1 and enclosed relevant documents for the Ministry's approval. The response from the Ministry of Education may take several weeks and/or months. Once the School and/or parents are notified of an approval letter from the Ministry of Education, the child will be offered a place subject to availability.

Admission & Registration
Where places are available (i.e. no. of students per class has not exceeded the maximum capacity as per Policy), admission of students into St Christopher's is subject to an initial assessment. An offer of admission to the School is also based on the belief that a child will benefit from the curriculum offered and that his/her admission will not have a detrimental effect upon the education of existing students. It is possible a child is accepted on conditional status.

The acceptance of the offer should be made prior to the child’s commencement of school. The payment of the required Registration Fee constitutes the acceptance of a place and therein CONFIRM the place for the child.

Where places are not available, applicants are placed on a waiting list for admission. However, the School reserves the right to assign priorities for admission or refuse admission for any reason it deems fit.

Year Group

Age as of 1st of September