A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2023 / 2024 is available as follows:
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By emailing or writing to : The Secretary, Réalt na Mara N.S. Mill St. Dundalk, Co. Louth
PART 1 - Admissions to the 2023/2024 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2023/2024
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 3rd Oct 2022 |
The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | 18th Nov 2022 |
The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is | 25th Nov 2022 |
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is | 19th Dec 2022 |
Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
Special Class Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2023/2024
The following are the dates applicable for admission to the school’s A.S.D. Class which cater for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on | 3rd Oct 2022 |
The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on | 18th Nov 2022 |
The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class is | 25th Nov 2022 |
The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is | 19th Dec 2022 |
*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Number of places being made available in 2023/2024
The number of places being made available in junior infants is | 56 |
The number of places being made available in the special class catering for children with Autism Spectrum disorder is : | 2 |
The overall capacity of the school is 448 mainstream 30 special classes | 478 |
PART 2 - Admissions to the 2022/2023 school year
Information regarding the admission process for the Intake Group for Junior Infants for the 2022/23 school year
In respect of the 2022/2023 school year, the total number of applications for admission received by the school was 72
Breakdown of places allocated for the 22/23 school year: | |
Number of places available: | 56 |
Number of applications received: | 72 |
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria: | Criterion One: Applicants with siblings attending the school – 20 places offered, 19 places accepted. Criterion Two: Applicants living in the catchment area – 35 places offered, 33 places accepted Criterion Three: all others: 8 offered, 4 places accepted |
Total number of offers made | 56 |
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned. | 10 |