Loanends Primary School Prospectus 2025 / 2026

Admissions Numbers Year of Admission No. of Admissions

The above criteria will also apply for admissions after the beginning of the school year in situations where the numbers of applications exceed the number of vacant places (if any). The full list of criteria will be available to parents on the Education Authority’s website. www.eani.org.uk. The digital admissions process opens on 07 January 2026 and closes at 12 noon on 21 January 2026. Duty To Verify Applicants should note that they may be required to produce documents verifying their address or other information pertinent to the school’s admission criteria. The provision of false or incorrect information or the failure to provide verifying documents according to the required deadline may result in either the withdrawal of a place or the inability of the school to offer a place. Waiting List Policy Should a vacancy arise after placement letters have been issued, all applications for admission to Primary 1 that were initially refused, new applications, late applications and applications where new information has been provided will be treated equally and the published criteria applied. This waiting list will be in place until the end of the academic year. The school will contact parents in writing if a child gains a place in the school by this method. A child’s name will be automatically added to the list. Parents should contact the school if they wish for their child to be removed from the list. The school does not operate a Waiting List Policy for P2–P7. Admission to P2 – P7 Pupils will be admitted to P2-P7 in accordance with the preference expressed by a parent if the school’s enrolment number or class size has not been exceeded, unless to do so would prejudice the efficient use of resources. The above criteria will also be used for admission of children from P2-P7.

Total Enrolment

2023/2024 2024/2025 2025/2026

32 30 22

184 185 185

Admissions Criteria Authority for enrolment decisions is delegated to a Sub-Committee of the Board of Governors. Criteria for Admission to Year 1 Admissions criteria to be used in the event of the school being oversubscribed. The criteria are listed in order of priority. 1. Children who, at the date of their application, have a *child of the family currently or previously enrolled in the school or accepted for enrolment in September 2026. 2. First child in the family to attend mainstream primary school. (Verification letter required from one of the following: member of the clergy, solicitor, a public servant such as a health or educational professional directly involved with the family). 3. Children whose parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles are present employees. 4. Children whose parent/guardian previously attended the school. 5. Children living closest to the school. This will be measured by a straight line on a digital Ordnance Survey Map (NI direct) from the family home, at the time of application to the front pedestrian gates of the school. 6. In the event that two or more children live the same distance from the school, children will be selected by date of birth, with preference being given to the eldest child, established by the date of birth as entered on a birth certificate. *child of the family includes brother/sister/half brother/half-sister/step-brother/step-sister/and those who are fostered or adopted.

Loanends Primary School Prospectus 2025-26

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