Holy Cross Mercy School
ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE
in respect of admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Admission Policy and Application Form
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the [insert school year] is available as follows: –
To download at: www.mercyholycross.ie
On request: By emailing or writing to: [school office address]
PART 1 – Admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to the 2021/2022 school year
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants/First Year (delete as appropriate)
| The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 1stOctober 2021 |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | 30thSeptember 2022 |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is the first week of May 2021 or within 3 weeks of the application date for late applications | May 2022 |
| The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is | 1 week |
*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn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.
Special Class Application and Decision Dates for admission to [insert school year concerned]
| The following are the dates applicable for admission to the school’s Special Class which caters for children with [insert details of category/categories of SEN catered for in the class] -The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on | October 1st 2021 |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on | 30th June 2022 |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class is | |
| The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is | 1 Week |
*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Number of places being made available in [insert school year concerned]
| The number of places being made available in junior infants/first year(delete as appropriate) is | 60 |
| The number of residential places is (boarding schools only) | n/a |
| The number of non-residential places is (boarding schools only) | n/a |
| The number of places being made available in the 3 special classes catering for children with Autism is 6 between our 2 Early Intervention Autism Classes in the Junior Autism Class
Autism Class 2 |
6
6 6 6 |
(*Note: If school has a number of classes that cater for different categories of SEN, details of the numbers of places for each SEN class must be provided)
