SEAL APPLICATIONS AND TEST PAYMENTS CLOSE:  Friday 9 August, 2024

SEAL Testing does incur a testing fee of $88.00. The candidate must pay the fee directly to Edutest by 4.00pm on Friday 9 August, 2024.

Please use this link to complete the registration: Edutest Registration

The SEAL Year 7 2025 Application and the Parent Referral are to be completed and submitted by parents through the Edutest registration portal.

Teacher Referral Form – parents are asked to have Grade 6 2024 teachers complete the confidential Teacher Referral Form by 4.00pm on Friday 9 August, 2024.

SEAL Test date: Saturday 17 August, 2024

The testing will be held on Saturday 17 August, 2024. This is a 5-part paper based test and must be done on the day within the set timeframe.  

The assessment consists of five tests:

1. Verbal Reasoning
2. Numerical Reasoning
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Mathematics
5. Written Expression

The College will contact each candidate once the results are available in late September - early October 2024.

Note: Students who have not completed the online registration with Edutest, including the payment of the test fee of $88.00, by Friday 9 August, 2024, will not be eligible to sit the SEAL Test on Saturday 17 August, 2024.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION from Edutest: https://edutest.com.au/important.html

PRACTICE TESTS can be purchased from Edutest using the following link: https://edutest.com.au/prac_tests.html

SELECT ENTRY ACCELERATED LEARNING (SEAL) PROGRAM

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

HOW LONG HAS GLENEAGLES RUN A SEAL PROGRAM?

Gleneagles is one of only 38 SEAL schools established by the Victorian Department of Education due to our successful High Achievers’ programme that began in 2004. We undertook a rigorous accreditation process in 2007 to become an authorised SEAL school. The Department of Education has since passed the accreditation of SEAL schools on to The Academy of Accredited SEAL Schools (TAASS), of which Gleneagles is a foundation member.

WHAT ARE THE AIMS OF THE SEAL PROGRAM?

We wish to engage and develop students who value and are passionate about learning.

We do this through:

• engaging and challenging learning experiences
• collaboration with peers of similar ability
• developing perseverance, resilience and humility
• enjoying strong, supportive friendships
• providing a faster paced curriculum with less repetition
• supporting greater study of highly abstract, complex and in-depth concepts
• supporting students to develop complex, high level investigative, problem solving and creative thinking skills.
• supporting the unique and complex emotional, social, and intellectual needs of gifted students.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN SEAL STUDENTS?

Our testing and interview process is designed to identify students who are naturally gifted in some or all of the following:

1. Intellectual Ability
2. Specific Academic Ability
3. Creative/ Productive Ability
4. Psychosocial/ Leadership Ability
5. Visual and Performing Arts Ability

SELECTING SEAL STUDENTS

• The Higher Ability Selection Test (HAST) - Edutest
• Student Interview
• Teacher Referral
• Parent Referral
• Portfolios/Creative Products/Performances

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEAL STUDENTS

• Many of our school leaders come from SEAL
• Students may be offered up to three VCE subjects in Year 10
• Students may be able to take on additional VCE units enabling greater breadth of learning
• Links with mentoring programs such as Access Monash
• Students may have the possibility of first year university subjects in Year 12
• Entry into State and National Competitions
• Student Leadership including the Students’ Activities Leadership Team (SALT)
• Exploratory Learning - Visiting Speakers, Workshops, Performances and Excursions
• CSIRO Scientists in Schools
• DAV Interschool Debating
• Student Exchange, Language Trips, and Camps