The lodging of an application is interpreted by the Board of Governors as an indication that the parents and the child concerned accept, and are in agreement, with the ethos, philosophy, aims, policies and regulations of the school including any code of conduct or discipline policy of the school. Information in relation to these may be obtained from the school. If the school’s enrolment and admission numbers have not been reached, the school will enrol all the children whose parents wish them to attend. However, if the application for entry to First Form (Year 8) exceeds the admissions number or would cause the school to exceed the total enrolment number, pupils will be admitted by the following criteria, applied according to the weighting as indicated below:

 

1. Pupils transferring from the following contributory primary schools (50 points):

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• Ballinderry

• Ballycarrickmaddy

• Bleary

• Carrick

• Dickson

• Donacloney

• Drumgor

• King’s Park

• Lurgan Model

• Maghaberry

• Maralin

• Meadow Bridge

• Moira

• Rowandale Integrated

• Waringstown

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2. Pupils transferring from a non-contributory primary school (30 Points);

3. Pupils who have a sibling enrolled at Lurgan Junior High School in the 2024/2025 school year (20 Points);;

4. Pupils who have had a sibling previously enrolled in Lurgan Junior High School. (10 Points);

5. Pupils for whom Lurgan Junior High School is the closest post-primary school to the child’s permanent home address (measured by OSNI distance measuring tool), expressed non-selective and from a non-contributory primary school (10 Points);

6. Pupils who are the eldest child (15 Points);

7. In the event of equal points due to the weightings for final placing, pupils will be selected for admission on the basis of the initial letter of surname (as entered on Birth Certificate) in the order set out below:

 

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

 

In the event of surnames beginning with the same initial letter, the subsequent letters of the surname will be used in alphabetical order. During the admissions procedure when applying the criteria punctual applications will be considered before late applications are considered. An application received after the specified time that the EA Portal closes will be treated as a late application. The school does not operate a waiting list policy. The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any applicant’s Transfer/Application Form. If the requested evidence is not provided to the Board of Governors by the deadline specified by the Board of Governors, this will result in the withdrawal of an offer of a place. Similarly, if information is supplied which appears to be false or misleading in any material way, the offer of a place will be withdrawn. Admissions Criteria for Transfer between Post-Primary Schools A pupil will be considered for admission provided that:

 

1. The school’s enrolment, as determined by the Department of Education is not exceeded.

2. The admission of the pupil would not prejudice the efficient use of the school’s resources.