Criteria for Admission to Year 13 places available in St Joseph’s Boys’ School

Students wishing to apply for admission to St Joseph’s Year 13 are expected to have:

·           Achieved a minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent at Grade C or above.

·           Demonstrated a high level of interest and commitment to their studies.

·           Maintained an excellent school record in the following areas -

§  Punctuality

§  Attendance

§  Behaviour

·           Completed a successful interview with members of the Senior Leadership Team following the release of their GCSE results in August.

If there are more pupils eligible than there are places available, places shall be awarded in the following order:

1.      Applicants with the highest GCSE score – an applicants score being calculated on the basis of GCSE results as follows:

§  A* = 6 points

§  A   = 5 points

§  B   = 4 points

§  C   = 3 points

§  D   = 2 points

§  E   = 1 points

2.      In the event of a tie, priority will be established by computerised random selection as specified in the Admissions Criteria for Year 8.

St Joseph ’s Boys’ School criteria for any extra places made available by the Department of Education for Admission into Year 13

The Department of Education may, in response to a request from a school, increase the number of pupils that the school can admit to its Year 13.  Places that become available in this way shall be allocated only to pupils who meet the basic eligibility criteria for sixth form study (as above) and shall be allocated in the order determined by the criteria to be applied in the order set down.

1. Pupils who have most recently completed Year 12 in St Joseph’s Boys’ School.
2. Pupils from other schools where admission to an extra place at St Joseph’s has been agreed by the Department of Education.*

*Parents should note how the Department of Education will, in response to a school’s request, increase the school’s enrolment number in order to allow an extra post-16 pupil to enrol. DE will only increase the school’s enrolment number if it is content that each external pupil for whom a place is requested would not be able to pursue their post-16 course choices at a suitable school without undertaking an unreasonable journey (i.e. a journey that by public transport would be over an hour from where the young person lives). If there is, DE will then check whether this other school or schools with places available will provide all of the post-16 course that the pupil wishes to pursue.  If DE finds that no other suitable school may provide all of the post-16 courses that the pupil wishes to pursue- then DE will agree a school’s request for an extra place.

What is a school of a type that is suitable for a pupil? To determine this, DE first considers all schools to be one of 4 types:(i) denominational (ii) non-denominational (iii) Integrated and (iv) Irish-Medium.  A school requesting an extra space for a post-16 pupil will belong to one of these four types and DE will consider any other school from this same type as suitable for the pupil.  DE will also consider as suitable for the pupil any school of the same type as that attended by the child in Year 12.