Admissions
How to join Star Avenue
Five steps, no competitive entrance examination, and a written decision within a week. We admit into every class where a place exists — and we will tell you honestly if we think another school suits your child better.
- Application
- ~10 minutes
- Decision
- Within a week
- Entry
- Any of three terms
The process
Five steps from first call to first day
Most families do steps one and two the other way round — they visit first, then apply. Either is fine.
- 01
Get in touch or apply online
Fill in the online application form — it takes about ten minutes — or call the admissions office. You can also just turn up at the front office during working hours.
About 10 minutes
Start an application - 02
Visit the school
Come and walk the campus on an ordinary working day, with classes in session. You will meet the head of the section your child would join.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
Book a campus tour - 03
Placement assessment or visit
Children applying for Basic 1 and above sit a short assessment in English and Mathematics — about forty-five minutes. Preschool applicants come in for an informal play visit instead.
45 minutes, by appointment
- 04
Offer and documents
You will have a written decision within a week. If we offer a place, bring the admission documents to the office and pay the admission fee and first term's fees to confirm it.
Decision within a week
See the documents needed - 05
Starting school
You will get a class allocation, the class teacher's name, the booklist and the uniform list. New children are paired with a settled classmate for their first fortnight.
Before the first day
Read the admissions FAQ
Where places are
Current entry points
Availability changes through the year. This table is updated at the start of each term — call the office for today's position.
| Class | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Creche | From 12 months. Rolling admission, subject to ratio. | Places available |
| Nursery 1 – 2 | Main preschool entry. Fills from March. | Places available |
| Kindergarten 1 | GES KG curriculum begins here. | Waiting list |
| Kindergarten 2 | Occasional places from transfers. | Places available |
| Basic 1 | Main primary entry point. Fills earliest of all. | Waiting list |
| Basic 2 – 3 | Places open up each year from relocations. | Limited places |
| Basic 4 | Second main entry point, as subject teaching begins. | Places available |
| Basic 5 – 6 | Occasional places. Placement assessment required. | Limited places |
| Basic 7 (JHS 1) | Main Junior High entry point. | Places available |
| Basic 8 | Limited. We admit only where we can realistically prepare a pupil for the BECE. | Limited places |
| Basic 9 | Not normally available — a single BECE year is too short to do properly. | Closed |
A waiting list is not a refusal. Places open up every term as families relocate.
What to bring
Admission documents
Bring the originals for us to sight; we keep photocopies. If something is delayed, tell us — we can admit conditionally rather than hold up a place.
Office hours
Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 4:00pm · Saturday, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Admissions: +233 26 150 4477
Birth certificate or weighing card
To confirm the child's date of birth. An original to sight, a copy for our file.
Four passport photographs
Recent, plain background. Two go on the file, two on the class register and bus list.
Immunisation record
The child's health record card, so the school nurse can complete the health file.
Parent or guardian's Ghana Card
For every adult authorised to collect the child. An original to sight, a copy for our file.
Last two terminal reportsif applicable
Only for children transferring from another school. Helps us place them correctly.
Transfer letter from the previous schoolif applicable
Only for transfers. If the previous school is slow to issue one, tell us — we can admit conditionally.
Custody or guardianship orderif applicable
Only where custody arrangements affect who may collect the child. Held confidentially.
Before you ask
The five questions we hear most
We admit at the start of any of the three terms, wherever a place exists, and occasionally mid-term for families relocating to Accra.
Most families start in September, at the beginning of Term 1. Places at the main entry points — Creche, KG 1, Basic 1 and Basic 7 — fill first, so apply early if you are aiming for one of those.
There is no competitive entrance examination and we do not turn children away for scoring poorly.
Children applying for Basic 1 and above sit a short placement assessment in English and Mathematics. It takes about forty-five minutes and its only purpose is to place a child in the right class and to tell us what support they will need from day one.
Preschool applicants come in for an informal visit — the child plays, we watch, and we talk to you afterwards.
For every applicant: the child's birth certificate or weighing card, four recent passport photographs, the immunisation record, and the parent or guardian's Ghana Card.
For children transferring from another school: the last two terminal reports and a transfer letter from the previous school.
Bring the originals for us to sight; we keep photocopies. If a document is delayed, tell us — we can admit conditionally rather than hold up a place.
Usually yes. Being behind is common, particularly for children transferring from a very large class, and it is fixable.
The placement assessment tells us where a child actually is. We will then say plainly whether we think they should join their age group with catch-up support, or repeat a year. Both happen here regularly.
What we will not do is admit a child into a class where they will simply drown, because that helps nobody.
The online form takes about ten minutes. We reply within two working days to arrange the assessment or visit, and you will have a written decision within a week of that.
Admissions
Places are open for Term 1, September 2026
We admit into every class, subject to space. Apply online in about ten minutes, or come and see the school first — most parents do.
Prefer to talk first? Call or WhatsApp +233 26 150 4477 — the admissions office answers from 7:00am to 4:00pm.