St Declan’s ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE in respect of admissions to the 2026/2027 school year
ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE
in respect of admissions to the 2026/27 school year
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2026/27 school year is available as follows:
To download at: Application Form 2025 2026 or on request: by emailing office@stdeclans.ie
All applications should be emailed to admissions@stdeclans.ie
The following are the dates applicable for admission to junior infants/first year (delete as appropriate):
| The school will commence accepting applications for admission on | 12th Jan |
| The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on | 16th March |
| The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is | 17th April |
| The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is* | 30th April |
*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn.
Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s Admission Policy.
Number of places being made available in the 2026/27 school year:
| The number of available places in the school | 10 |
Admissions to the 2025/26 school year
Information regarding the admission process for the Intake Group for the school for the 2025/26 school year
In respect of the 2025/26 school year, the total number of applications for admission received by the school was as follows:
| Breakdown of places allocated for the 2025/26 school year: | |
| Number of places available | 11 |
| Number of applications received | 34 |
| Number of offers made based on meeting the eligibility criteria | 11 |
| Number of names placed on waiting list | 0 |
Eligibility Criteria:
St Declan’s School, with the approval of the Minister for Education and Skills, provides an education exclusively for students with caters for children with special needs from 4 to 12 years of age
- with mild emotional disturbance and/or behavioural problems which significantly impair their engagement, socialisation and/or learning in mainstream school and
- whose cognitive functioning is within the borderline range of ability, or higher
- who do not have a history of behaviour that, in the view of the Board of Management, causes or threatens or may cause or may threaten physical harm.
These difficulties must be the primary cause for enrolment in the school and as agreed by the National Council for Special Education and Department of Education.