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 who are the oldest child or have older *siblings currently enrolled in Lismore College.
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2. Pupils whose normal place of residence is within the Parish of Moyraverty or Seagoe.
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3. Pupils whose normal place of residence is outside the Parish of Moyraverty or Seagoe and attended traditional primary schools:
St. Anthony’s
St. Francis’ (Lurgan)
St. John the Baptist (Portadown)
Presentation (Portadown)
St. Patrick’s (Aghacommon)
St. Colman’s (Laurencetown)
St. Mary’s (Derrymore)
St. Brendan’s
St. Teresa’s (Lurgan)
St. Mary’s (Banbridge)
Ballyoran (Portadown)
Tannaghmore (Lurgan)
Drumgor
Lurgan Model
Tullygally
Portadown Integrated
St. Mary’s (Derrytrasna)
Carrick
St. John’s (Gilford)
St. Patrick’s (Aghagallon)
St. Patrick’s (Magheralin)
4. Pupils whose parent/guardian is an employee of the school or who has been appointed to take up a post in the school.
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, a random selection will be made to complete the admissions selection.
*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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