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ADMISSIONS CRITERIA FOR ENTRY INTO YEAR 8

Respective functions of the Board of Governors and Principal in relation to Admissions to the school.

The Board of Governors has drawn up the following Admissions Criteria and the application of the criteria
has been delegated to the Principal. Digital Online Applications are welcome from pupils of all abilities.
When considering which children should be selected for admission, the Board of Governors will take into account
information which is uploaded with the online application. Parents should therefore ensure that all information per-
taining to their child and relevant to the school’s admissions criteria is provided.

The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine
necessary to support or verify any information on the Application Form. The provision of false or incorrect
information or the failure to provide information within the deadlines set by the school can result in the in-
ability of the school to offer a place/the withdrawal of a place.

Criteria will be applied in the order set down below.
At each criterion, applications will be processed and selected in order of expressed preference for a place
at Dunclug College.

1. Applicants who attend the following primary schools: Ballykeel, Ballymena, Braidside, Broughshane, Buick
Memorial, Camphill, Carnaghts, Carniny, Carnalbanagh, Carnlough, Clough, Cloughmills, Creavery, Dunclug,
Fourtowns, Gracehill, Groggan, Harryville, Hazelbank, Kells & Connor, Kirkinriola, Longstone, Moorfields,
Portglenone, Randalstown Central, The Diamond, Tildarg.
2. Applicants with a sibling currently enrolled at the college.

3. Applicants who are the eldest child of the family or the first child seeking a place in a school which does
not select by means of an entrance test, whether or not they sit such tests.

4. Applicants who have a Father, Mother or older sibling who previously attended the school.
5. Applicants for whom Dunclug College is the nearest appropriate Controlled Secondary school as meas-
ured by the nearest suitable route by road.
6. Older Applicants, established by Date of Birth as entered on a Birth Certificate

If applicants are tied at Criterion 6, then priority shall be determined amongst these tied applicants according to the placement of
their surname in a rank order determined according to the following randomly developed order of letters:

C O W G N R J I H Y Z V A B P E M T K L D Q X U F S

Where applicants have the same surname, then the first forename shall be used.
Where applicants are still tied, then priority will be determined amongst them by a method of random selection.

Applications for pupils who hold a Statement of Special Educational Needs sit outside the admissions cri-
teria. Pupil choice will be made following an annual review with Special Education & the Primary School.

Online applications will open @ 12noon on the 1st March 2021 and close at 4pm on the 16th March 2021.
www.eani.org.uk/digital admissions

We look forward to welcoming you to our school and wish you well for the future.
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