St. Finian's College

Copies of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2023-2024 school year are available as follows: –

To download at: www.stfinianscollege.ie

On request: By emailing  openday2022@stfinianscollege.ie or in writing to: 

Principal, St Finian’s College, Old Longford Road, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, N91H593.

1. Application and Decision Dates for admission to 1^st Year for 2023-2024

1.	The school will commence accepting applications for admission on	17th October 2022
2.	The school will cease accepting applications for admission on	4th   November  2022
3.	Applicants will be notified in writing of the decision on their application by	11th November 2022
4.	Applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission by	Return at enrolment afternoon 15th & 16th November or by post before 18th November 2022.

Failure by an applicant to accept an offer by the 18^th November 2022 may result in the offer being withdrawn.

2. Application and Decision Dates for admission to Special Classes St Phyl’s & St Martha’s for 2023-2023             

1.	The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on	17th October 2022
2.	The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on	4th   November  2022
3.	Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class by	11th November 2022
4.	Applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission by	Return at enrolment afternoon 15th & 16th November or by post before 18th November 2022.

Failure by an applicant to accept an offer by 18^th November 2022 may result in the offer being withdrawn.

3. Number of places being made available in the 2023/24 school year

The number of places being made available in 1st year is	180
The number of residential places is (boarding schools only)	N/A
The number of non-residential places is (boarding schools only)	N/A
The number of places being made available in the special class catering for students with ASD  is dependent on the number of students leaving the St Phyl’s or St Martha’s	2

4. Number of places in 1^st year for the 2022/2023 school year which were offered and accepted before 1 February 2021 

The number of places for 1st year that were offered and accepted prior to the coming into operation of section 62 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 on 1 February 2020 is

150

5. Breakdown of applications in the previous year (only required if the school was oversubscribed in the previous year)

The total number of applications for admission received by the school for admission in 1^st year in the 2022/2023 school year was 482.

Breakdown of places allocated for 1st  Year for the 2021/2022 school year:
Number of places available	150
Number of applications received	482
Offers made and accepted under each criteria	Criteria 1: Music Scholarship: (some were siblings/non priority pupils)Offered :12Accepted: 10 Criteria 2: Priority places: Siblings of present /past pupilsOffered: 109Accepted: 89 Criteria 3:  Children of present/former employees (some were already siblings of present or former pupils)Accepted: 3  Criteria 4: Children of past pupils/Grandchildren of past pupilsAccepted: 3 Criteria 5: AgeOffered: 53Accepted: 53 Application List remains the waiting list
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned ( as of Jan 2021)	86 37 boys49 girls

The total number of applications for admission received by the school for admission in the special class catering for students with ASD in the 2022/2023 school year was:

Breakdown of places allocated for Special Class for the 2022-2023 school year:
Number of places available	3
Number of applications received	6
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria	Criteria 1: Sibling priority Accepted: 2Criteria 2: Special Class to Special Class Accepted:1Criteria 3: Recommendation from PsychologistAccepted:
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned	3

The total number of applications for admission received by the school for admission to the residential element of the school for 1^st year in the 2022/23 school year was 0

Breakdown of residential places allocated for 1st year  for the 2022-2023 school year:
Number of places available	n/a
Number of applications received	n/a
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria	Criteria 1: Criteria 2: Criteria 3:
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned	n/a

The total number of applications for admission received by the school for admission as a day pupil of the school for 1^st year in the 2022-2023 school year was 0. 

Breakdown of day pupil places allocated for 1st year  for the 2022-2023 school year:
Number of places available	n/a
Number of applications received	n/a
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria	Criteria 1: Criteria 2: Criteria 3:
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned	n/a