Admission and Registration Policy

• The Academy receives, and according to its admission policy, students of different nationalities. Sands National Academy reserves the right to evaluate each applicant for the school and to interview the student by the administration.
• The Academy does not accept students who do not meet its academic or behavioral requirements.
• According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education, the Academy requests the student’s file from the school which they are transferred from, and to submit all the required documents upon registration. The Parent is responsible for providing the school with the necessary identification papers for the student.
• Four-year-old- children are admitted to the First year in Kindergarten(KG 1) (Al Bustan)
• Five-year-old- children are admitted to the Second year in Kindergarten (KG 2) (Tamheedi)
• Six-year-old- children are admitted to the First Grade.

The Academy reserves the right not to re-register a student in the following cases:

• Failure to pay the installments on the agreed upon specified dates.
• Student’s lack of full commitment to the rules and regulations of the Academy.
• If it turns out that the student needs support education or a ‘Resources Room’, especially in the kindergarten and the elementary stages as the academy does not provide such services.

Documents Required for Registration  for the Academic Year 2021/2022

In addition to the above:

• Palestinian/Gaza students who hold a temporary Jordanian passport, a copy of the passport is required.
• Palestinian students / West Bank: A letter of approval from the Follow-up and Inspection Department and a copy of the passport are required.
• Palestinian documents holders from (Syria – Lebanon – Egypt): a no-objection letter from the Palestinian Affairs Department is required.
• A valid work permit for the parent of the student holding Egyptian nationality.
• The rest of Arab and foreign students are required to have a valid residence permit.
• The attestation is only for the Tenth Grade school students who are promoted to the First Secondary grade and the First Secondary students who are promoted to the Second Secondary grade.

The file must be attested by the Planning Department and Examinations Department in the Directorate which the student is transferring from, and from the Planning Department and Examinations Department of Aljamea’a Educational Directorate. As for Tawjihi students from outside Aljamea’a Educational Directorate a no objection letter to transferring from the Directorate which his old school belongs to is required.

Attestation of certificates for students coming from outside Jordan:

1. Attestation of the file from the country which the student is moving from:

• The Ministry of Education.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• The Jordanian embassy there.

2. Attestation of the file from Jordan:

• Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• If the student is coming from a school in an Arab country and has studied there in the Arabic language – the file is certified by the Directorate of Private Education – or by the Aljamea’a Educational Directorate depending on the student’s grade. While if the student is coming from an Arab or a foreign country and has studied in an International Program, the file must be attested from the Directorate of Examinations in Jabal Alwaibdeh, which will send  an equivalency directed to the concerned educational directorate for approval, and accordingly,  a letter of acceptance is sent to the school.
• Students coming from America must have their certificates attested first from Amid East Office in Wadi Abdoun and then from the he Directorate of Examinations in Jabal Al-Weibdeh. Then from the Directorate of Private Education in Jabal Al-Hussein to issue a letter of acceptance directed to the school.

*** Students (from the second grade to the eleventh grade) who are unable to submit any required documents duly attested as mentioned above, should refer to Sands National Academy as soon as possible (within the first two weeks of registration) to help them on this matter. A six-week letter of acceptance will be issued by the Ministry of Education, and the grade is assigned according to the age of the student.

If the student does not bring the attested certificate on time, she/he will be required to take a placement test through the Directorate of Private Education. If the student passes the test, he will continue to be accepted into the school according to his result.

Note: The Registration and Student Affairs Department will not accept  or receive any file which  lacks any of the above documents