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Prospective ParentsWelcome to the John Scottus School Website
Slide presentation from the Junior School Open Day in October 2009 We hope you will find much of the information you require about the school, its ethos and a John Scottus Education. on the website You may read or download the Junior and Senior School Prospectus documents here and get information on the Admissions Policies. Peruse the pages of the website to see what is happening in the school, day by day and year by year. For further information, you are very welcome to contact the School for a print copy of either Prospectus, or to make an appointment to meet the Junior School Principal, Mrs Mary Telford or Senior School Headmaster, Dr. Michael Telford. Download a soft copy of each school prospectus by clicking on the links below. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these documents.  Get Adobe Reader Open Days Our most recent Open Days were held on Thursday 15th October from 7-9pm (Senior School, ages 10-18) and Friday 16th October 2009 from 12-2pm (Junior School, ages 4-10). Please contact the school office if you would like to be added to a mailing list for our next Open Day. View slides from the Presentation given by the National School Principal, Mrs Mary Telford. Junior School Admissions Minimum Age: Children must be at least 4 years of age by the 30th June before they start school. Children may only start school on the first day of the school year, around the beginning of September. Enrolment process: To register your child download, print and complete the registration form and return it to us by post. To view the Enrolment Form, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the Preliminary Enrolment Form, where you will be prompted to download or view the file. The following is an excerpt from the Admissions Policy, regarding decision-making for places in the Senior School:
Decision-making for places: Where a Class is not full, acceptance of the application is given shortly after the pre-enrolment form is received. Where a Class is full, all applications are given provisional acceptance. In October each year, confirmation of places for the following September are sent out, and an Confirmation of Place Enrolment Form is filled in by the parents and returned together with a deposit, which is a proportion of the first term’s voluntary contribution.
Decisions on successful candidates are based on the following priority criteria:
1. Children coming up from John Scottus Junior School into 5th Class or into 1st Year from 6th Class.
2. Children of staff members
3. Brothers and sisters of existing pupils
4. Children of past pupils
5. Ethos considerations: that the parents state that they are in support the ethos of the school as set out in the Prospectus
6. First come, first served.
Requests for School to School transfer:
Requests for School to School transfers are initially handled by the Headmaster. Where the Headmaster accepts the transfer request the matter is notified by the Headmaster to the following Board of Management meeting. Where the Headmaster rejects the transfer request the parent(s) / guardian(s) may appeal the Headmaster’s decision to the Board of Management, if they feel the decision was unfair. In such circumstances the Board takes the following steps:
The reason(s) for rejecting the transfer request.
Notes
(1) The normal and usual point of entry to the Secondary School is First Year.
(2) John Scottus School will only make an offer of a place based on a School to School transfer request having taken due cognisance of the best interests of those who constitute the pupil body of the School. In particular John Scottus School must have as its first concern the educational welfare of those already in the relevant Class. John Scottus School will therefore have due regard as to matters such as the effect on class size, the effect on the dynamic of a particular group, actual and likely discipline issues, subject choices, the reason(s) for moving Schools and the reason(s) for choosing John Scottus School.
(3) John Scottus School reserves the right to contact previous Schools requesting further relevant information such as attendance, educational progress, disabilities, special educational needs, disciplinary record etc.
(4) Admission to the School will strictly depend on adherence to the School’s Code of Behaviour.
(5) Parents have the right to appeal a refusal by a School to enrol a student under Section 29 of the Education Act (1998). The appeal must be made within 42 calendar days from the date the decision of the school was notified to the parents.
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