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Ballykeel Primary School & Nursery Unit
 

Admissions Procedures 2022 - 2023

 

OPEN ENROLMENT FOR NURSERY – SEPTEMBER 2022

Please see below the timetable for the online procedure for NURSERY APPLICATIONS for admission in SEPTEMBER 2022.

 

In the current situation we have been instructed not to have our usual Open Afternoon.  If this is your first association with Ballykeel, or you have never had a child in the nursery unit, and would like to see round and ask us some questions, please feel free to ring and make an appointment.

Keep an eye on the school’s website as the nursery staff will be posting a video of life in the nursery in early December.

FRIDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2021

(PROVISIONAL DATE)

Pre-school admissions procedure and admissions criteria published by Education Authority on website https://www.eani.org.uk

MONDAY 10TH JANUARY 2022

12noon - PRE-SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCEDURE OPENS ONLINE PORTAL

Please note that the CHILD’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE must be uploaded to the online portal at the time of application to the 1st preference school/nursery.

Please ensure that you enter your email address when you are completing your application online. This is how the school will communicate with you.

Any other supporting documentation must be uploaded to the portal at the time of application to the 1st Preference – if in receipt of benefit defined under the ‘Socially Disadvantaged’ criterion must provide verification. Guidance on how to obtain a ‘Benefit Verification Form – Socially Disadvantaged’ will be available when completing the Application online.

FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY 2022

12noon - CLOSING DATE & TIME for Stage 1 applications

The online portal will no longer be available to apply.

Parents must submit an application and documents in support of their application.

An application received after this date and time will be treated as ‘LATE’ in Stage 1.

TUESDAY 26TH APRIL 2022

(PROVISIONAL DATE)

Stage 1 closes. Parents will receive notification of outcome of application via Online Portal and the school will email parents of ‘accepted’ children on Wednesday 27th April 2022 (PROVISIONAL DATE).