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Admission

The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any application form.  The provision of false or incorrect information or the failure to provide information within the deadlines set by primary schools can result in the withdrawal of a place and the inability to offer a place on the part of any school nominated on the applicant’s application form.

Maximum Admissions number:
30 in Year 1

The following criteria will be applied in the order set down by the Board of Governors of St Finian’s Primary School in selecting children for admission to P1.  In the event of over-subscription in any one of the criteria, taken in order, pupils will be selected on the basis of proximity of their parents/guardians’ home to the school as measured by the shortest walking distance.

For the Admission of pupils to Year 1 in September 2011 and the Admission of Pupils to Year 1 after the beginning of the school year.

• Children who have reached compulsory school age.
• Children whose parent/guardian is presently a permanent member of the school teaching/ancillary/auxiliary staff.
• Children who have brothers/sisters, half brothers/sisters presently enrolled in the school.
• Children who spend their Pre-School year in St Finian’s Pre-School Education Centre.
• Children who are the eldest/only child in their family.
• Children whose older brother/sister, half brother/sister, are former pupils of the school.
• Children whose parent/guardian is a former pupil of the school.
• Other children.

It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that any information which is relevant to the school’s criteria is included on the appropriate form.

Year 2 - Year 7 Intake

Provided that each class, or the school as a whole is not oversubscribed, criteria will be applied as for P1 admissions.

Maximum Enrolment number is currently 230 children.

27 September 2011