Appendix 1

Pro forma enrolment scheme

Home zone

All students who live within the home zone described below* (and/or shown on the attached map) shall be entitled to enrol at the school.

*  Insert description of home zone here, by precisely defining the boundaries of the zone.

Note:  The description and/or the map must enable one to determine whether any particular address is in or out of zone.

Proof of residence within the home zone will be required.  (This sentence is not compulsory.  It may be omitted or alternatively a more specific statement may be used in its place.)

Each year, applications for enrolment in the following year from in-zone students will be sought by a date which will be published in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.  This will enable the board to assess the number of places which can be made available to students who live outside the home zone.  (This paragraph is not compulsory.)

Special Programmes (NB  Insert only if relevant)

The school operates the following special programme:

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Students who live within the school’s home zone and meet the criteria for enrolment in the special programme will be enrolled ahead of out of zone students.

The criteria for acceptance into the programme are as follows:

Specify the criteria on which students will be accepted, including the procedures to be used to determine which students will be enrolled if there are more applicants than places available.

Out of zone enrolments

Each year the board will determine the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone.  The board will publish this information by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.  The notice will indicate how applications are to be made and will specify a date by which all applications must be received.  (Variations in the wording of this paragraph may be acceptable.)

Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:

First Priority              will be given to students who have been accepted for enrolment in the following special programme(s) run by the school and approved by the Secretary for Education.*             

Second Priority will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students.

Third Priority              will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students.

Fourth priority will be given to applicants who are children of board employees.

Fifth priority will be given to all other applicants.

If there are more applicants in the second, third, fourth, or fifth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989.  Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily or community newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.

Applicants seeking second or third priority status may be required to give proof of a sibling relationship. (This sentence is not compulsory.  It may be omitted or alternatively a more specific statement may be used in its place.)

* Note:  If the school does not run a special programme, this   sentence should be replaced by the following statement:  “This priority category is not applicable at this school because the school does not run a special programme approved by the Secretary.”