Enrol now for a 2025 start!
Enrol now for a 2025 start!

Get Started At the Academy

Academy Enrolment Process

Learn more below about our enrolment process. Select a step that is relevant to your current enrolment stage.

Step 1: Attend an Info Session

Info Session Booking Information

Prospective students and their parents/carers (for students under 18) are required to book an information session at our Perth CBD hub to discover how IDEA helps young people thrive in their education. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet our team and gain a clear understanding of what attending IDEA means for them.

Book a session below

Upcoming Info Sessions

Thursday, March 13th – 6.30pm (191 St Georges Terrace, Perth)

Application Meeting Information

Year 8 or lower?
Join our official waitlist or stay in the loop through our mailing list (see next section below). We’ll let you know when it’s time to book your application meeting 🙂
Year 9 or higher?

Info session attendees interested in our Academy will be invited to book an application meeting and complete an application form.

Your application meeting is our opportunity to discuss whether IDEA is the right fit for you/your young person and whether you are a good fit for IDEA. It is a chance for us to begin co-design of your personalised pathway. They run for approximately 45 minutes. 

You can book an application meeting below:

Enrol with IDEA Academy

After the application meeting and if it is determined IDEA is a good fit for you, you will receive a Letter of Offer with instructions on how to complete your enrolment including details of scholarships available if required.

Stay in touch

Not quite ready?

If you are too young to get started at the Academy, your options are below.

Join our Official Waitlist

Year 8 or lower? 

Join our official waitlist and be guaranteed a place in your year of entry pending a successful interview. 

A fee of $100 is required to secure a place on our waitlist, payments are made via the waitlist application link. 

You will receive an invitation to select an interview time from March of the year preceding your child’s year of entry. 

Sign up to stay in the loop

Alternatively, if you want to stay up to date with IDEA happenings and be notified of upcoming information session closer to your potential enrolment year, join our mailing list here: 

Contact the IDEA team

Still unsure?

There’s a lot to take in with the Academy! If you have a question, you are welcome to contact our friendly team to learn more. You can book a chat, send us a message or give us a call through our contact page.