IPPN

Published: 20 September 2023

When can the process of admissions for 2024/25 be initiated?

Schools are permitted to initiate the process of admissions for the 2024/2025 school year from 1 October 2023. It is a matter for each individual school to determine when they wish to initiate the process of admissions after that date.

What needs to be done in preparation?

• Ensure that the most up-to-date version of the Admissions’ Policy is on your school’s website.
• Update the school’s application form and ensure it is available on the school’s website, so that it can be downloaded by parents seeking to enrol their children.
• Prepare the annual Admissions’ Notice and ensure it is available on the school’s website at least one week prior to the admissions’ process being initiated.

What could also be done in preparation?

• Review the school’s procedures for communicating with parents of current pupils with regard to admissions.
• Review the school’s procedures for managing and processing the applications.

What is in the Annual Admissions’ Notice?

• Details of how the school’s Admissions’ Policy and Application Form can be accessed
• What the timelines for the admissions’ process are:
  • commencement date for receipt of applications
  • closing date for receipt of applications
  • the date by which applicants will be notified of a decision
  • the period within which applicants must confirm their acceptance of an offer of a place
• The number of places being made available for 2024/25
• Information regarding the 2023/24 process
  • The number of places made available
  • The number of applications received
  • Number of offers made under each of the criteria in the school’s admissions’ policy
  • The total number of offers made
  • The number placed on a waiting list.

What needs to be on the school’s website?

• The Admissions’ Policy
• The Application Form
• The Annual Admissions’ Notice.

What else could be on the school’s website relating to admissions?

• A short overview detailing the process of application
• A Frequently Asked Questions document.

Clear communication, readily accessible documents and open sharing of information will minimize the number of queries likely to be received by the school relating to Admissions.