Loanends Prospectus 2021/22

Admissions Numbers Year of Admission No. of Admissions

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 aWaiting 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

2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022

29 27 29

195 204 200

Admissions Criteria Admissions criteria to be used in the event of the school being oversubscribed. The criteria are listed in order of priority. 1. Children of compulsory school age who are resident in Northern Ireland at time of proposed admission. 2. Children with a brother/half-brother or sister/ half-sister currently or previously enrolled in the school or accepted for enrolment in September 2022. 3. First child in the family to attend mainstream primary school. 4. Children whose parents, guardians, grandparents, aunts, uncles are present employees. 5. Children whose parent/guardian previously attended the school. 6. Children living closest to the school. This will be measured by a straight line on an Ordnance Survey map from the family home, at the time of application (on or before 28 January 2022) to the front pedestrian gates of the school. 7. 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 EducationAuthority’s website. www.eani.org.uk. The digital admissions process opens on 10 January 2022 and closes at 12 noon on 28 January 2022.

Loanends Primary School Prospectus 2021-22

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