This information does not apply to Home Education .

Transfer eligibility

Reasons for a Transfer

A parent, legal guardian or independent student can request an exceptional case transfer to another CBE high school for the next school year when specific circumstances apply.

Only Exceptional Case Transfers are Considered at This Time

An exceptional case transfer can be requested for one of the following reasons:

Program or Sequence of Courses Not Offered This does not apply to schools with a closed status.
Social / Emotional A social or emotional circumstance supports the transfer request.
Medical A medical circumstance supports the transfer request.

Important: You can only choose one program or one sequence of courses as the reason for your transfer request.

Requested Program or Sequence of Courses

Know What You are Requesting Transfer For

Decide which program or sequence of courses you would like to transfer for. Talk to your designated school, view other high schools' websites, or explore our High Schools section and list of CTS courses .

Please see the process on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme transfer page to request an IB transfer.

Next Designated School

Find a School

Search by Address
Type the student's home address as registered with CBE.

Filter by Grade Level
Select the grade you want to transfer for.

Requested School

For some courses offered at more than one school, you can request a transfer to a specific school. You can also indicate if you would be willing to accept a transfer to a different school if a transfer to your requested school isn't available.

View the Advanced Placement (AP) webpage, check out different high schools' websites, or speak with your designated high school to learn which high schools offer the course you want to transfer for.

Exceptional Case Transfer Process

1

Current CBE Students Who Want To Transfer

You will require:

  1. A valid CBE Student ID number

2

Speak With Your Principal

Only exceptional case transfers are considered after March 15 for the following school year.

Speak with the Principal at your designated High School to see if they can support meeting your academic request.


Ineligible Requests

We want students to be able to access their desired program or sequence of courses, whenever possible.

To best enable this, we will NOT accept requests for other reasons, such as athletic programs, specializations within a course (such as string instruments in band), or requests for siblings to attend the same high school.

Resident CBE Student

You are a Resident student if:

  • At least one parent physically resides within the geographical boundary of CBE
  • At least one parent is not of the Roman Catholic faith
  • Are an independent student who resides within the geographical boundary of CBE and who is not of the Roman Catholic faith

Non-Resident CBE Student

You are a Non-Resident Student if:

  • you are student whose parent(s) do not reside in the geographical boundary of CBE and/or both parents are of the Roman Catholic Faith
  • you are an independent student who does not reside in the geographical boundary of CBE and / or is of the Roman Catholic Faith

Schools Accepting Transfers

We need to make sure there are enough spaces for students who live in the communities designated to our schools for both course availability and school capacity, before we can accept transfers.

3 Status Levels

Open Has the most available spaces (can accept new out of attendance area students)
Limited Has limited spaces available (can accept a limited number of new out of attendance area students)
Closed No space to accept transfers (exception for IB programme)
High School Transfer Status

Last modified: 2026-08-19 22:41:26.134874 +0000 UTC