FAQs

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Who is a TSS student?
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How do I apply?
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Is there a waitlist?
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What are the tuition fees?
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Is an endowment fee required upon enrolment?
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Is there an IT levy?
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Does a student have to be an Anglican to attend TSS?
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Is TSS a selective school?
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Are there scholarships available?
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Can the students achieve a WACE?
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Can students achieve an ATAR at TSS and, if so, what ATAR courses are available to them?
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How many projects do students undertake in their studies?
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Do students have a timetable?
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What if a Mentor, placement or project does not work well for either party?
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What courses are offered online?
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What facilities are available to the students?
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What cocurricular opportunities are available?
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Via what pathways can students enter university?
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How do I arrange a tour?
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Do TSS students wear a uniform?
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How do parents know how students are progressing?
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Can students participate in an Outdoor Learning Program?
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Is there an alumni network?
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Are students able to go off-campus during the school day?
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How many students are in each year group?
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How is the School’s Studio space used?
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How are students assessed?
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How does the program differentiate for the different levels of student ability?
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Are students able to return to ‘mainstream’ schooling if they wish?
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Do students work with other students?
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Can students study university courses, whilst studying at TSS?
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Who are the project Mentors and partners?
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How does TSS promote independence and cater for students as young adults?
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Are all students on an individual education plan?
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How do students engage socially - is there a Ball, for example?
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What are the term dates?
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What device does my child use to learn?
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Do all TSS students engage in project-based learning?
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What pastoral care is available to students?
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What research supports project-based learning?
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Do students receive reports?
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Are students supported with their online learning?
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How are the outcomes of the projects measured and celebrated?
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What is the student to staff ratio?
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Can students partake in a service program?
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Do students have to do examinations and, if so, where do they sit them?
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What are micro-credentials and which ones are available to students?
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How are Mentors and placements for projects organised?
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Do Mentors and partners have WWC and child safe training?
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Who monitors the progress of those projects?
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Do students have access to Certificate courses and, if so, which ones?
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Are students required to create e-portfolios?
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How does the online learning work?
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How do students engage in sport?
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How are students monitored while they are doing their work (ie are they left to their own devices)?
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Are there any core units?
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How do ASC staff work with TSS?
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What percentage of the student’s course is project-based work?
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What entrepreneurial skills are students taught?
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What notice period is applicable if a student needs to withdraw from TSS?
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How do you ensure that students stay on track?
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Is there a sibling discount?
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Mid-Year Entry

Are students required to create e-portfolios?

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Can students study university courses, whilst studying at TSS?

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Can the students achieve a WACE?

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What are micro-credentials and which ones are available to students?

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Via what pathways can students enter university?

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