If you would like your child to attend our school, please see full details of our admission arrangements below.
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St Columban’s PS was created through the amalgamation of Moneydarragh Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School, Ballymartin and St Mary’s Primary School, Glasdrumman, opened in September 2018.
The new school was created to serve as the Parish Primary School for Lower Mourne.
Parents who wish to enrol their children for September 2023 should do so using the online portal application on or before the Friday 27th January 2023 at 12 noon (GMT). Parents will have until 4pm on Tuesday 31 January 2023 to provide supporting documentation for their application.
RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND PRINCIPAL IN RELATION TO ADMISSIONS
ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
During the admissions procedure when applying the criteria punctual applications will be considered before late applications are considered. The application procedure opens on 10 January 2023 at 12noon (GMT) and an application submitted by the closing date of 27 January 2023 at 12noon (GMT) will be treated as a punctual application. An application received after 12noon (GMT) on 27 January 2023 and up to 4 pm on 31 January 2023 will be treated as a late application, this is also the last date and time for processing a change of preference in exceptional circumstances. After 4 pm on 31 January 2023 no applications will be processed until after the close of procedure on 27 April 2023.
Priority will be given to children who will have attained compulsory school age at the time of their proposed admission, including those children whose parents deferred their admission to primary school in September 2022 as defined by the new School Age (NI) Act (both groups to be treated equally).
Priority will be given to children resident in Northern Ireland at the time of their proposed admission to the school before those who are not so resident.
In the event of oversubscription to Year One or to facilitate admission to Years 2 – 7, the Board of Governors will apply the following criteria to children of compulsory school age.
In the event of being over-subscribed in any of the above categories, the following sub- criteria will be applied: Children will be admitted on the basis of the initial letter of their surname as written on their birth certificate in the order set out below:
b, c, w, x, e, y, mc, t, r, k, j, v, z, q, g, m, u, mac, h, p, i, n, s, o, f, d, l, a
In the event of surnames beginning with the same initial letter, as outlined above, the subsequent letters of the surname will be used in strict alphabetical order.
In the event of two identical surnames, the alphabetical order of the initials of the forenames will be used.
DUTY TO VERIFY
The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any application.
If the requested evidence is not provided to the Board of Governors by the deadline given, this will result in the withdrawal of an offer of a place. Similarly, if information is supplied which appears to be false or misleading in any material way, the offer of a place will be withdrawn.
WAITING LIST POLICY
Waiting List policy is available in school upon request
ADMISSION TO P2-P7
Pupils from P2-P7 will be admitted so long as the school’s enrolment number is not exceeded, provided such
admissions are not being prejudicial to the efficient use of resources.
Entrants who have previously attended another school:-
(i) an interview will be arranged with the principal.
(ii) parents will be welcome to view the school premises.
(iii) a meeting can be arranged with the prospective teacher/s of the child or children.
APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS TO PRIMARY 1 | ||
Year | Total Applications | Total Admissions |
2020/2021 | 29 | 29 |
2021/2022 | 30 | 30 |
2022/2023 | 26 | 26 |