Admissions Criteria 2011/12
It is important that parent(s)/guardian(s) when submitting the application form give all the current relevant supporting information and written evidence that may be needed including the child's birth certificate.
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. The provision of false or incorrect information or the failure to provide information within the deadlines set by pre-schools can result in the withdrawal of a place and the inability to offer a place on the part of any school nominated on the applicant’s application form.
PLEASE NOTE – All relevant documentation in support of an application must be submitted on or before the closing for application (not later than 12 noon).
Children who are not normally resident in Northern Ireland will not be considered for places until all children who live in Northern Ireland have been considered. The Board of Governors have determined that, in the event of there being more applicants than places available the following criteria will be applied, in the order set down, to select children for the available places:
1 Children born between 2 July 2007 and 31 August 2007 whose parent(s)/guardian(s) is/are in receipt of Income-based Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support.
2 Children born between 1 September 2007 and 1 July 2008 whose parent(s)/guardian(s) is/are in receipt of Income-based Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support.
3 Children born between 2 July 2007 and 31 August 2007.
4 Children born between 1 September 2007 and 1 July 2008.
If there are more children who satisfy any one of the criteria 1 – 4 when they are being applied then selection for the available places will be on the basis of the following sub-criteria, in the order of the priority set down below.
(a) Children whose brother(s)/sister(s) have previously attended Belmont Nursery School and who have selected Belmont Nursery School as 1st preference.
(b) Children whose brother(s)/sister(s) have previously attended Belmont Nursery School.
(c) Children whose immediate family are involved in service to the school
(i) teaching staff,
(ii) ancillary or auxiliary staff, or
(iii) Board of Governor.
(d) Children who have a statement of special educational needs or who are in the process of a statutory assessment.
(e) Chronological order of their ages, oldest first and who have selected Belmont Nursery School as 1st preference.
(f) Chronological order of their ages, oldest first.
(g) All children entering the nursery classes must be toilet trained.
5 Other children born between 2 July 2008 and 1 July 2009 will be admitted in chronological order of their age, oldest first. All children in this age bracket entering the nursery classes must be toilet trained.
In the event of over-subscription in the last criterion which can be applied, then selection for all places remaining in this category will be on the basis of the initial letter of the surname, in the order set out below:-
O H Mc R X A E Z W V J T Mac G
C P S L Y M D F B U I N K Q
The order was determined by a randomised selection of letters of the alphabet.
In the event of surnames beginning with the same letter the subsequent letters of the surnames will be used in alphabetical order. In the event of 2 identical surnames the alphabetical order of the initials of the forenames will be used.
The Admissions Criteria will be applied by the Board of Governors and the Principal, in the first instance. Thereafter the Principal will consider further applications, subject to the final approval of the full Board of Governors.
If parents have any difficulty in completing the form then they should consult the Principal of the school.
Part-time Admission Criteria
The same criteria will be used for part-time admissions as for full-time admissions.
Full-time and Part-time Admission Criteria
The same criteria will be used for applications after 1 September 2011 for full-time and part-time admissions.
NOTE: “Children from socially disadvantaged circumstances” means a child whose parent is in receipt of Income Support or Income-based Jobseekers Allowance. When parents apply for places for their child on this basis they must have their application forms stamped by the Social Security Agency to confirm that they are in receipt of Income Support or Income-based Jobseekers Allowance.
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