Admissions/ Enrolment and Application Procedures for 2024
This year we are holding our annual Open Night on Thurs Oct 24th 2024. The principal’s address is at 7pm. The Open Night/ Enrolment Night is to facilitate sixth class pupils visiting Cnoc Mhuire and meeting our staff and viewing our facilities.
We will visit all primary feeder schools from October 9th/ 11th 2024 and distribute our Prospectus for Sept 2025. We have opened a special class for students with autism in Sept 2022. Applications for admission for Sept 2025 will be accepted from Oct 24th to Nov 15th 2024. Applications after this date will be processed as late applications. Enrolment dates will be circulated to all the primary schools in the Cnoc Mhuire catchment area. Local newspapers and Parish notices are notified of these dates.
Please view/download our Admission Policy using the link below.
Enrolment into First Year Cohort
Children will be enrolled into 1st year on receipt of a completed online Application Form and a copy of their birth cert during the specified time-frame in Oct-November. Application forms are available for a 3 week period from Oct 24th to November 15th 2024. Our Open Night/ Enrolment Night is Thurs Oct 24th from 7pm- 9pm. This is to facilitate sixth class students visiting Cnoc Mhuire. Application forms and prospectuses are distributed to each 6th class student in all our feeder schools prior to Open Night. Applications after Nov 15th will be processed as late applications. Parents must accept the school’s Code of Behaviour and agree that their son/ daughter will abide by it.
Parents will be informed that they have a place by Dec 6th 2024 and they must accept this place by Dec 20th 2024. If the school is oversubscribed, placement will be offered to children who meet the following selection criteria:
- Those who come from feeder schools within the catchment area
- Siblings of pupils already attending the school
- Sons/daughters of past students
- If a grandparent is a past pupil
- Any other student
Those who enrol must be aged 12 on 1st January in the calendar year following the child’s entry into First Year. (Birth Certificate required). This is the minimum age requirement for all Post Primary schools. First Year pupils take a CAT 4 assessment in the school in late February/ early March. Equal mixed ability classes are formed based on the test results.
Click on the link below to complete online application form for enrolment 2025
https://cnocmhuiregranard.enrolment.uniqueschools.ie/
Admission to Special Class for children with autism – The same digital application form as above applies
Admission to Transition Year
Application for enrolment into Transition Year (Post-Junior Certificate) is made in April or early May. All prospective candidates are interviewed.
Transfer from another school
Application for enrolment into any other year, i.e. transfer from another second-level school, must normally be made before May 31st. All transfers from other second-level schools (at any time) are subject to:
- The school’s admissions policy.
- The provision, by the other school, of records outlining the student’s attendance, attainment, discipline and progress.
- Availability of space.
- Decisions, in relation to admissions, are made by the Board of Management in accordance with school policy and the principles of natural justice.
- Parents have the right, under Section 29 of the Education Act, to appeal to the Trustees of the school or to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Science in the event of a refusal by the school to enrol a student.
Repeat Students
Repeat students will be accepted if resources are available and subject choices are suitable.
Code of Behaviour Policy
All applicants and Parents/Guardians must sign the Code of Behaviour, available in the student diary and on school website.
Special Needs
Students with special educational needs are welcomed. The school will access such students’ records from primary school/individual educational programme in order to apply to the Department of Education and Science for resources to support students with special needs. Individual records may contain the following: educational, medical, physical or psychological reports. The SENO will be contacted in exceptional cases. In Sept 2022, we opened a special class for children with Autism