Enrolment for First Year 2021
The Department of education and Skills has published circular 0007/20 ‘Commencement of Certain Sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018’, changes to school admission processes.
The new arrangements will apply to school admissions for the 2021/22 school year and subsequent years. The new arrangements do not apply for admission to the 2020/21 school year.
Key Dates:
· 1st February 2020 – Schools have 3 months from this date to draft their admission policy.
· 30th April 2020 – The draft admission policy must be submitted to the patron for approval by this date.
· 15th September 2020 – The date by which the admission policy must be fully approved and returned to the Board by the patron.
· 1st October 2020 – The first day that schools can start accepting applications for the intake group for the 2021/22 school year.
Ballymakenny College will not be accepting enrolments for First Year in May as in other years. Please keep up to date on our Twitter page and here on the website for new infomation.
Transition Year & Fifth Year
We will not be opening enrolment into Transition Year and Fifth Year 2020/21 until our current third year and Transition Year students have completed their subject choices. We expect this to be completed in April and will open for transfers into Transition Year and Fifth Year in early May.
Please contact the office or email info@ballymakennycollege.ie or reception@ballymakennycollege.ie for information on transfers.