RCS Admissions Policy including Special Class provision

Appendix 2

Ramsgrange Community School

ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE FOR 2022/23

Copies of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for the 2022/23 school year are available as follows: –

To download at: www.ramsgrangecommunityachool.ie

On request: By emailing office@ramsgrangecommunityschool.ie or writing to: Principal, Ramsgrange Community School, Ramsgrange, New Ross, Co. Wexford.

  1. Application and Decision Dates for admission to 1st Year for 2022/23
 1.The school will commence accepting applications for admission on 1 October 2022
 2.The school will cease accepting applications for admission on 24th October 2022
 3.  Applicants will be notified in writing of the decision on their application by16th November  2022
 4.Applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission by2nd December 2022

Failure by an applicant to accept an offer by the 2nd December 2022 may result in the offer being withdrawn.

Application and Decision Dates for admission to RCS ASD Unit for students with a diagnosis of Autism i.e. DSM-IV, DSM-V or ICD-10 for 2022/23            

 1.The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on 1 October 2022
 2.The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on24th October 2022
 3.Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class by16th November  2022
 4.Applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission by2nd December 2022

Failure by an applicant to accept an offer by 2nd December 2022 may result in the offer being withdrawn.

  1. Number of places being made available in the 2022/23school year
The number of places being made available in 1st year is  120
The number of residential places is (boarding schools only)  0
The number of non-residential places is (boarding schools only)  0
The number of places being made available in the special class catering for students with a diagnosis of Autism i.e. DSM-IV, DSM-V or ICD-1012 – 2 classes

(If the school has more than one class that caters for different categories of SEN, details of the number of places for each of the classes must be provided.)

  • Number of places in 1st year for the 2021/22 school year which were offered and accepted before 1 February 2021
The number of places for 1st year that were offered and accepted prior to the coming into operation of section 62 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 on 1 February 2020 is120

The total number of applications for admission received by the school for admission in the special class catering for students with [insert category or categories of SEN catered for in the special class] in the 2021/22 school year was [insert number]. 

Breakdown of places allocated for Special Class for the 2021/22 school year: 
Number of places available  2 
Number of applications received  7 
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria Criteria 1:  2
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned  5