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Admissions criteria for entry September 2020 Presentation Primary School Maintained Primary School Thomas Street Portadown Enrolment Number: 296 CRAIGAVON Admissions Number: 42 BT62 3AH PRINCIPAL: Ms Y Mulholland BEd (Hons) MEd, PQH (NI) Telephone No: (028) 3833 4965 CHAIR OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Fr P Clarke Fax No: (028) 3836 1966 Email: ymulholland883@c2kni.net Website: www.presentationprimary.co.uk RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND PRINCIPAL IN RELATION TO ADMISSIONS The Board of Governors draws up the admissions criteria and delegates to the Principal, the responsibility for applying these criteria. Any reference herein to the term the Board of Governors includes the Principal appointed by the Board of Governors for the purposes of applying the admissions criteria. ADMISSIONS CRITERIA During the admissions procedure when applying the criteria punctual applications will be considered before late applications are considered. The application procedure opens on 7 January 2020 at 12noon (GMT) and an application submitted by the closing date of 30 January 2020 at 12noon (GMT) will be treated as a punctual application. An application received after 12noon (GMT) on 30 January 2020 will be treated as a late application. The Principal will apply the following criteria in the order indicated to identify which children should be admitted at initial admission to education. When considering which children should be selected for admission, the Board of Governors will only take into account information which is detailed on or attached to the application form. Full responsibility rests with parents to provide sufficient details, at the time of application, on the form pertaining to their child and relevant to the school’s admissions criteria to enable the Governors to reach a decision. In the event that there are fewer applicants complying with a particular criterion that there are places available or remaining, those applicants complying with that criterion will be admitted and the next criterion will be applied to the remaining applicants. In the event that there are more applicants complying with a particular criterion than there are places available or remaining, those applicants complying with that criterion will go forward to be considered under the next criterion and those not complying with that criterion will be eliminated. Criterion will be applied in the order set down below, descending order:- a) Children resident in the Parish of Drumcree whose parents intend them to complete their primary education in Presentation Primary School as their nearest school as measured using Google Maps UK. b) Children whose parents intend them to complete their primary education in Presentation Primary School as their nearest school as measured using Google Maps UK. c) Children who have brothers/sisters, half brothers/half sisters presently enrolled in Presentation Primary School. d) Children whose brothers/sisters, half brothers/half sisters previously attended Presentation Primary School. e) Sons or daughters of former pupils of Presentation Primary School. Updated November 2019 www.eani.org.uk/admissions

Admissions criteria for entry September 2020 f) The remaining places will be allocated in the term of the proximity of the child's home* to the school, priority being given to those living nearest to the school. If the final places to be allocated have identical measurements as identified by driving distance, Google Maps direction finder, selection will be made using tie breaker ‘A’. A – Selection will be on the basis of alphabetical order of surname, then forename, then middle name as detailed below: M B K T N S D C A E R H O G J P W L Q U X I Y Z F V DUTY TO VERIFY The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any application form. If the requested evidence is not provided to the Board of Governors by the deadline given, this will result in the withdrawal of an offer of a place. Similarly, if information is supplied which appears to be false or misleading in any material way, the offer of a place will be withdrawn. WAITING LIST POLICY Presentation Primary School operates a Waiting List Policy for Primary 1 admissions. If the school is oversubscribed within its admissions number and/or enrolment number and has no places available, the names of children who have not yet been able to gain a place in the school through the normal processes will only be added to the waiting list on receipt of a written request from the parent/guardian. Should a vacancy arise, the children on the waiting list, (including children that were initially refused a place, new applications, and applications where new information has been provided) will be treated equally and the published Open Enrolment Admissions criteria applied. The waiting list for Primary 1 will operate from the date of notification by the schools/board advising parents of the primary school for which their child has been accepted/not accepted until the last day of term of the child’s Primary 1 year. Places for allocation from the waiting list will be considered five working days after the date of notification by the schools/board advising parents of the primary school for which their child has been accepted/not accepted. Should a request be received in writing after the five working days have elapsed, the child’s name will then be added to the school’s waiting list. The school and/or Education Authority will contact you in writing if your child gains a place in the school by this method. If at any time you wish to remove your child’s name from the waiting list please advise the school in writing. ADMISSION TO P2-P7 The following criteria will be applied in the order set down below to all pupils seeking admission to years 2-7. 1 Pupils will be considered for enrolment provided that the school does not exceed its enrolment number as determined by the Department of Education. 2 Pupils for whom their admission would not, in the Board of Governor’s opinion, prejudice the efficient use of the school’s resources. Updated November 2019 www.eani.org.uk/admissions

Admissions criteria for entry September 2020 3 In line with DENI guidelines class sizes in P2-P4 will not exceed 30 pupils, (except in exceptional circumstances and only with EA’s permission). 4 Pupils will be accepted in order of application. 5 When a written application is made for a child to enter a class or year which is considered full, his/her name will be placed on a waiting list pending a place becoming available. APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS TO PRIMARY 1 Year Total Total Applications Admissions 2017/2018 44 44 2018/2019 30 30 2019/2020 35 35 Updated November 2019 www.eani.org.uk/admissions