Annual Admissions Notice

ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE

A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the school year 2023/2024 is available as follows:

Complete online at: www.scoilbhridedonaghmede.ie

On request: by emailing office@scoilbhridejns.com

or by writing to: The Principal, Scoil Bhríde JNS, Grange Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13.

The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on	Saturday 1^st October 2022
The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on	^{Friday 13th January 2023}
The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is.	Friday 27th January 2023
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is	10 days

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn.

Note: The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

The following are the dates applicable for admission to the school’s Special Classes which cater for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on	Saturday 1st October 2022
The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on	Friday 10^th March 2023
The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class is	Friday 24^th March 2023
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is	10 days

*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn

Number of places being made available in 2023/2023 school year

The number of places being made available in junior infants	100
The number of places being made available in the special classes catering for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	3

Information regarding the admission process for the Intake Group for our ASD classes for the 2022/2023 school year

In respect of the 2022/2023 school year, the total number of applications for admission received by the school for our ASD classes was 37.

Breakdown of places allocated for the 2022/2023 school year:

Number of places available:

Number of applications received:

Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria:

Criterion 1: Child in our mainstream school who had a recommendation of an ASD class – one offer, one accepted.

Criterion 3: Applicants living in the catchment area – three offers, three accepted.

Total number of offers made

Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned.