Holy Cross Mercy School
ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE
in respect of admissions to the 2024/2025 school year
Admission Policy and Application Form
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2024/2025 is available as follows:
To download at: www.mercyholycross.ie
On request: By emailing or writing to: Holy Cross Mercy School, New Road, Killarney, Co.Kerry.
PART 1 – Admissions to the 2024/2025 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to the 2024/2025 school year
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
| The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 1st October 2023 |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | 30th September 2024 |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is the first week of May 2024 or within 3 weeks of the application date for late applications | First week of May 2024 |
| 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*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn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 2024/2025
| 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 2023 |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on | 30th June 2024 |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class is | 30th June 2024 |
| 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*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn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 2024/2025
| The number of places being made available in Junior Infants | 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 4 special classes catering for children with Autism is 24
between our 1 Early Intervention Autism Class and the 3 Junior Autism Classes
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24
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(*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)
