Foreword - Belfast Education & Library Board

Criteria as determined by the Board of Governors;
(The Board of Governors has delegated to the Principal, or to his nominee, the responsibility for administering the
Transfer arrangements).
A) Arrangements in relation to applications for admission to the school BEFORE the 2014/2015 school year
begins:
If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available then the following criteria will be applied, in the
order listed, until the admissions number has been reached. (Within each criterion preference will be given to an
applicant as specified in note 3 below)
Boys will be admitted:
(i) who have brothers presently enrolled in the school;
(ii) who attend John Paul ll Primary School, Belfast;
(iii) who reside or attend school in Holy Trinity Parish, Belfast;
(iv) who reside or attend school in St. Teresa’s Parish, Belfast;
(v) who reside or attend school in the Parish of Hannahstown;
(vi) who reside or attend school in the Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace;
(vii) whose parent/guardian is a permanent employee of the school;
(viii) who attend any of the following contributory Primary Schools in the order listed:
1) St Clare’s PS; 2) St. Peter’s PS; 3) St Kevin’s PS; 4) St Oliver Plunkett PS
5) St Paul’s PS; 6) St Joseph’s PS (Slate Street);
(ix) who have had brothers enrolled in the school (see note 2 below);
(x) whose father was enrolled in the school (see note 2 below);
(xi) who reside or attend school in the Parish of Glenavy and Killead;
(xii) who reside in any other parish.
NB
1) It is the responsibility of Parents/Guardians to ensure that the information required by the Criteria
(especially Parish of residence) is noted on the Transfer Form, (an applicants residence will be taken as
that which is registered with the applicants Primary School and entered on the Transfer Form).
2) It is the responsibility of Parents/Guardians to ensure that the year of the applicant’s brother or father is
noted on the Transfer Form.
3) The eldest boy within a family will be accepted first. If it is necessary to decide further within an
oversubscribed criterion, then oldest children will be accepted. If it is necessary to decide between children
of the same age the school will use the drawing of Lot.
4) It will be assumed that any application for admission to the school will imply full acceptance of the
philosophy of the school as detailed above.
Applicants should note that they may be required to produce documents verifying their address or the age
of the child concerned.
B) Arrangements in relation to applications for admission to Year 8 AFTER the 2014/2015 school year begins:
The above criteria will also be applied, in the first instance, to those applicants who have previously been refused a
place in our school during the Transfer Procedure and who are on our waiting list on the day places becomes
available, providing:
1) Their parents have informed the school, in writing, on or after 1 st September 2014 that they wish their son to be
placed on a waiting list.
2) Their parents have informed the school, in writing, which school their son has been allocated to in the Transfer
Procedure.
Applications and Admissions
Year Admissions No Total Applications
Total Admission
All Preferences
2011/12 100 51 51
2012/13 100 52 52
2013/14 100 44 44
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