Enrolment Schemes - Guidelines for Development and Operation
Guidelines issued by the Secretary for Education to assist non-integrated schools when developing enrolment schemes and to advise these schools on good practices which will enable them to manage their enrolment schemes in line with the requirements of the legislation.
Purpose and Principles
These are set out in Section 11A. The purpose of an enrolment scheme is:
(a) to avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding at the school;
(b) to ensure that the selection of applicants for enrolment at the school is carried out in a fair and transparent manner; and
(c) to enable the Secretary to make the best use of existing networks of State schools.
In achieving its purpose, an enrolment scheme must, as far as possible, ensure that:
(a) the scheme does not exclude local students; and
(b) no more students are excluded from the school than is necessary to avoid overcrowding.