Admissions/ Enrolment and Application Procedures for 2023
This year we are holding our annual Open Night on Thurs Nov 2022. 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 in October 18th/ 19th 2022 and distribute our Prospectus and Application forms for Sept 2023. We have opened a special class for students with autism in Sept 2022. Applications for admission for Sept 2023 will be accepted from Nov 8th to Dec 1st 2022. 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 the Application Form during the specified time-frame in November. Application forms are available for a 3 week period in November. Applications after this date 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 and they must accept this place by Dec 21st 2022. 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 an assessment test in the school in late February/ early March. Equal mixed ability classes are formed based on the test results.
Application for enrolment is made by filling in the school’s Application Form. Application forms are available for a three week period in November. An Open Night/ Enrolment Night is held in November to facilitate fifth class and sixth class students visiting Cnoc Mhuire. Applications to apply for a 1st year place for Sept 2023 will be accepted from Nov 8th to Dec 1st 2022. Applications after this date will be processed as late applications.
Click on the link below to complete online application form for enrolment 2023
https://forms.gle/ZRgrhCCmjYRPsw5BA
Admission to Special Class for children with autism
Please download the form, complete and return to the school office.
https://forms.gle/ng8sPpECpdwqABd38
Please click on the digital link above to apply online for a place in the special class
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 programmes 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