Enrolment Deadlines
31st January 2021
Enrolment / Registration
Parents seeking to enrol their children in Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa are requested to return a completed Enrolment Application Form to the school by a specific date in January each year. Due to changes in the Admissions Bill, we can only accept Enrolment Application Forms for the year of enrolment only. This process will commence in October and close on 31st January of year of enrolment only. Enrolment forms for those wishing to transfer to our school are also available.
Equality of access is the key value that determines the enrolment of children to our school. No child is refused admission for reasons of ethnicity, special educational needs, disability, language/accent, gender, traveller status, asylum seeker/refugee status, religious/political beliefs and values, family or social circumstance.
While recognising the rights of parents to enrol their child in the school of their choice, the Board of Management of Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa is also responsible to respect the rights of the existing school community, and in particular, the children already enrolled. This requires balanced judgements, which are guided by the principles of natural justice acting in the best interest of all children. Assisting the school in such circumstances, the Board of Management reserves the right to determine the maximum number of children in each separate classroom, bearing in mind:
(a) Size of /available space in classrooms
(b) Educational needs of children of a particular age
(c) Multi-grade classes
(d) Presence of children with special educational/behavioural needs
(e) DES maximum class average directives(currently a maximum average of 30 children).
In the event of the number of children seeking enrolment in any given class exceeding the number of places available , preceding the school year, the following criteria will be used to prioritise children for enrolment:
1. Siblings of pupils currently enrolled in the school.
2. Children whose primary residence is in the Parish of Kilcloon,
3. Children of the current school staff.
4. All remaining applicants.
(Interpretation of the above criteria is the responsibility of the Board of Management of the school).
Other pupils are enrolled during the school year (if newly resident in the area).
Pupils wishing to transfer from other schools are enrolled subject to the rules governing National Schools, as well as our own school's enrolment policy.
Equality of access is the key value that determines the enrolment of children to our school. No child is refused admission for reasons of ethnicity, special educational needs, disability, language/accent, gender, traveller status, asylum seeker/refugee status, religious/political beliefs and values, family or social circumstance.
While recognising the rights of parents to enrol their child in the school of their choice, the Board of Management of Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa is also responsible to respect the rights of the existing school community, and in particular, the children already enrolled. This requires balanced judgements, which are guided by the principles of natural justice acting in the best interest of all children. Assisting the school in such circumstances, the Board of Management reserves the right to determine the maximum number of children in each separate classroom, bearing in mind:
(a) Size of /available space in classrooms
(b) Educational needs of children of a particular age
(c) Multi-grade classes
(d) Presence of children with special educational/behavioural needs
(e) DES maximum class average directives(currently a maximum average of 30 children).
In the event of the number of children seeking enrolment in any given class exceeding the number of places available , preceding the school year, the following criteria will be used to prioritise children for enrolment:
1. Siblings of pupils currently enrolled in the school.
2. Children whose primary residence is in the Parish of Kilcloon,
3. Children of the current school staff.
4. All remaining applicants.
(Interpretation of the above criteria is the responsibility of the Board of Management of the school).
Other pupils are enrolled during the school year (if newly resident in the area).
Pupils wishing to transfer from other schools are enrolled subject to the rules governing National Schools, as well as our own school's enrolment policy.
