In the case of all other considerations being equal, priority is given to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Children graduating from Wahbeh Tamari Kindergarten (KG2)
• Siblings of current NOS students
• Current students transferring internally between programmes or from sister schools of the Orthodox Educational Society (OES)
• Children of current staff at NOS - Shmaisani, Wahbeh Tamari KG, OES and other OES Educational Institutions
• Children of NOS Alumni
• Children of highly-qualified faculty members that the school is trying to recruit
• Applicants who exhibit exceptional talents or are extremely gifted academically or otherwise
• Applicants who are academically gifted students coming from limited-income families

Returning students who had to leave the school for a period of time due to family relocation