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Advice on schools in Delgany/Greystones

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  • 06-11-2013 4:53pm
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    boots2011
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi all,
    I was just wondering if I can ask for some opinions on schools in the Delgany & Greystones area.
    We live in Eden Gate and were told by many people St Laurences is supposed to be a great school. Also heard St Kevins and Educate Together are supposed to be good.
    Neither of them are in our catchment area so what would be our chances of getting in?
    We have lived in the area for about 6 years now but are not from here, so any advice would be much appreciated.
    Thanks!


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    recedite
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    boots2011 wrote: »
    Neither of them are in our catchment area so what would be our chances of getting in?
    A new development that Ruairi Quinn has introduced this year is that you can't be on a waiting list for more than a year in advance, so being new to an area does not disadvantage you anymore.
    "Catchment area" boundaries used to be used to calculate eligibility for school bus, but that system is obsolete now.


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    NCONTHEMC
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    Sent you a PM


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    Shazerina
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    recedite wrote: »
    A new development that Ruairi Quinn has introduced this year is that you can't be on a waiting list for more than a year in advance, so being new to an area does not disadvantage you anymore.
    "Catchment area" boundaries used to be used to calculate eligibility for school bus, but that system is obsolete now.

    He has only put that forward as a change to enrolment policies but it hasn't been legislated for. Lots of other elements of enrolment policies unfair and discriminatory but being ignored as they are protected by the 1998 education act and the ability of schools to protect and preserve their ethos...


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    recedite
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    I agree lots of elements of enrolment policies are unfair/discriminatory, for example religious discrimination (which is also allowed/encouraged in the recruitment of teachers, as is discrimination against gays) and then there is priority for children of staff in enrolment policy.

    However the point is, enrolment policies must now be fully transparent, and if anyone is being denied a place for reasons outside the officially declared policy of the school (eg new to the area and only on the list for one year) it is up to them to complain and force the hand of the school.


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