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Admissions Criteria
In the case of pupils who have special circumstances the Board of Governors will determine the merits of individual cases and may offer a place without regard to the Admissions Criteria. Written evidence will be required to support any such request and must be given on or attached to the Transfer Form.
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In the event of the number of pupils applying for places in Year 8 in September being greater than the Admissions number, the Board of Governors will apply the following criteria in the order set down below.
1. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and whose normal place of residence is within the Parish of Moyraverty or Seagoe or the traditional catchment postcode of BT65.
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2. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and who are the oldest child or currently have older siblings in attendance at Lismore College.
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3. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and attended one the traditional primary schools below.
St. Anthony’s PS
St. Francis’ PS (Lurgan)
St. John the Baptist PS (Portadown)
Presentation PS (Portadown)
St. Patrick’s PS (Aghacommon)
St. Colman’s PS (Laurencetown)
St. Brendan’s PS
St. Teresa’s PS (Lurgan)
St. Patrick’s PS (Magheralin)
Ballyoran PS (Portadown)
Tannaghmore PS (Lurgan)
Drumgor PS
Tullygally PS
Portadown Integrated PS
St. Mary’s PS (Derrytrasna)
Carrick PS
St. John’s PS (Gilford)
St. Patrick’s PS (Derrynaseer)
St. Mary’s PS (Derrymore)
Bleary PS
Lurgan Model PS
4. All other applicants.
In the event of oversubscription within any of the above categories the following sub-criteria will be applied.
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1. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and who are the oldest child or currently have older siblings in attendance at Lismore College.
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2. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and who are the oldest child or have had siblings previously in attendance at Lismore College.
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3. Pupils whose Transfer Application expresses Lismore as a first preference and do not qualify in 1 or 2 above.
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4. Pupils whose Transfer application expresses a second preference for Lismore College.
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5. Pupils whose Transfer application expresses a third preference for Lismore College.
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6. Pupils whose Transfer application expresses a fourth preference for Lismore College.
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7. Pupils whose Transfer application expresses a fifth preference for Lismore College.
In the event that, at any stage of the above sub-criteria being applied, there is more than one applicant for the final place, priority will be determined according to application of a randomised computer selection of letters.
*The use of the word sibling is defined as children who, at the date of their application, have a child of the family currently enrolled at the school. The phrase ‘child of the family’ covers children fostered, adopted etc. and avoids having to define all the various permutations of sibling.
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*Please Note: Evidence of ‘eldest child’ status must be provided by uploading a verifying letter to the online transfer application stating that the child is the eldest/only eligible child and that the child and family are known to the verifier. It must be written on headed notepaper and signed by one of the following who is not a member of the applicant’s family:
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A primary school principal/vice-principal
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A medical practitioner
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A solicitor
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A parish priest
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Duty To Verify
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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.
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If the requested evidence is not provided to the Board of Governors by the deadline given, 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.
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