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Entering primary school in Limerick

  • 03-09-2014 2:23am
    #1
    osarusan
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    Hi all,

    We will almost certainly be moving to Limerick next March. I can say moving back, actually, as we lived there for about three years before we left the country.

    This time our daughter will be 8, and we will be looking to enter her in a primary school. I am wondering how complicated a process this will be, and what preparation we would need to be starting on (if any). I've heard that it can be difficult to enter some schools.

    We don't know where we'd be moving to really, but we lived in Corbally before and liked it. There was a school there called Scoil Ide which would be the ideal school if we did move back to Corbally, but I'm wondering what the application process is (not specifically for that school, but for schools in general).

    Any help/info would be welcome.


    EDIT: What the hell am I doing, posting in wrong forum. please move to Limerick forum, mods.


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  • #2
    Swiper the fox
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    It'd probably be in your interests to E-Mail he schools directly as the information you receive on here will possibly contain bias towards or against certain schools. Scoil Ide is indeed a fine school but there are good schools in every area of Limerick. It would be best to this as quickly as possible as otherwise you could be left with very little choice. My kids are in the Model school and I know there have been some late starters in there but not many. Good luck

    list of schools in Limerick city here http://www.schooldays.ie/primary-schools-in-ireland/primary-Limerick-City


  • #3
    A2LUE42
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    FYI

    http://www.scoilide.ie/index.php/about/enrolment/enrolment-policy


  • #4
    juneg
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    Forget about Primary school, the real issue in Limerick is secondary school!!! Especially as two city secondary schools for girls have closed this year.
    It is a CAO style application system in which you will be ALLOCATED a school. It might be 20km out the county.

    Save yourself a lot of grief, live in Monaleen attend Monaleen NS or the Gaelscoil and your daughter will have right of entry to Castletroy college ( Secondary ) which is a fine school.


    Nothing against scoil Ide it is also a fabulous school.


  • #5
    bennyl10
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    juneg wrote: »
    Forget about Primary school, the real issue in Limerick is secondary school!!! Especially as two city secondary schools for girls have closed this year.
    It is a CAO style application system in which you will be ALLOCATED a school. It might be 20km out the county.

    Save yourself a lot of grief, live in Monaleen attend Monaleen NS or the Gaelscoil and your daughter will have right of entry to Castletroy college ( Secondary ) which is a fine school.


    Nothing against scoil Ide it is also a fabulous school.

    Add Milford to the Castletroy schools too.. Great place to.go and again right of entry to Castletroy..

    Scoil Ide is a great school.also though!


  • #6
    juneg
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    Milford NS is not always considered a local school for the purposes of right of entry as many of the students may not live in the catchment area. Maybe they travel in with parents who work in the vicinity.

    Often they get their places in Castletroy College but I wouldn't rely on it.

    Again Milford is a fine school too.


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  • #7
    ComputerKing
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    juneg wrote: »
    Forget about Primary school, the real issue in Limerick is secondary school!!! Especially as two city secondary schools for girls have closed this year.
    It is a CAO style application system in which you will be ALLOCATED a school. It might be 20km out the county.

    Save yourself a lot of grief, live in Monaleen attend Monaleen NS or the Gaelscoil and your daughter will have right of entry to Castletroy college ( Secondary ) which is a fine school.


    Nothing against scoil Ide it is also a fabulous school.

    Will people stop going on about the schools closing let's face it realistically no one in their right mind would have sent their children the either of the schools if they wanted them to be successful in life.


  • #8
    bennyl10
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    juneg wrote: »
    Milford NS is not always considered a local school for the purposes of right of entry as many of the students may not live in the catchment area. Maybe they travel in with parents who work in the vicinity.

    Often they get their places in Castletroy College but I wouldn't rely on it.

    Again Milford is a fine school too.

    Was counted a couple of years ago, went there myself and did that route, although im finished a couple of years now..

    Interesting that it changed though..


  • #9
    bennyl10
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    ComputerKing wrote: »
    Will people stop going on about the schools closing let's face it realistically no one in their right mind would have sent their children the either of the schools if they wanted them to be successful in life.

    What even..
    You surely cant be serious?.. That snobbery is so unnecessary and just simply idiotic


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    [Deleted User]
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    ComputerKing wrote: »
    Will people stop going on about the schools closing let's face it realistically no one in their right mind would have sent their children the either of the schools if they wanted them to be successful in life.

    What kind of pathetic comment is that?


  • #11
    Kess73
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    ComputerKing wrote: »
    Will people stop going on about the schools closing let's face it realistically no one in their right mind would have sent their children the either of the schools if they wanted them to be successful in life.



    Mod Post: There is no need for such an ignorant generalisation. Seeing as you appear to have nothing of worth to add to this thread, do not post in it again.


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  • #12
    osarusan
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    juneg wrote: »
    Forget about Primary school
    Ah, I can't exactly afford to do that right now.
    juneg wrote: »
    Save yourself a lot of grief, live in Monaleen attend Monaleen NS
    Is it as simple as that, for a student in my daughter's position, which is trying to enrol in a new school in the middle of the school year?

    What if the class size is already at a maximum, or there are other potential barriers?

    I don't know what the potential problems might be, so I'm trying to find out on this thread, as well as elsewhere.

    If it's as simple as just moving to an area in a certain parish, and the National School then must accommodate enrolment of a student, then that's great, but I'm not sure it's as simple as that.

    I've emailed Scoil Ide,but no reply yet.
    Swiper the fox wrote: »
    It would be best to this as quickly as possible as otherwise you could be left with very little choice.
    Yeah, there seems to be a bit of a catch-22 because you need to have proof of address to complete the application process, but we can't get proof of address until we actually move, so it looks like a problem in terms of getting a headstart on it.


  • #13
    juneg
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    ComputerKing wrote: »
    Will people stop going on about the schools closing let's face it realistically no one in their right mind would have sent their children the either of the schools if they wanted them to be successful in life.

    What Computer King may not have realised is that two schools closing pushes extra numbers in the Central Aplications System onto all the other schools. This in turn may cause pressure somewhere else along the line displacing someone else who expected to get a place in School X.


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