ANNUAL ADMISSIONS NOTICE
for the 2025/2026 school year
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Admission Policy and Application Form
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy for the year 2025-2026 is available to download at: Admissions Policy updated September 2024 or on request by writing to Griffith Barracks Multi-Denominational School, The Old Guardhouse, S.C.R., Dublin 8 or emailing: office@griffithbarracks.ie
Admissions Forms are completed online only from 1st October to 31st October 2025 via our Admissions Page
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PART 1:
Application and Decision Dates for admission to GBMDS for the school year 2025/2026
The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants
1. The school will commence accepting applications for admission on:
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1st October at 00:01
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2. The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on:
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31st October at 23:59
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3. The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is:
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Within 3 weeks of the closing date for applications
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4. The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is:
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Within one week of the offer being made
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Note: applications made after the enrolment period will be processed as Late Applications. The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
Failure of an applicant to accept an offer within one week of the offer being made may result in the offer being withdrawn.
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Other Year Groups Application and Decision Dates for the school year 2025/2026
The following are the dates applicable for admission to other year groups (Senior Infants to 6th Class)
1. The school will commence accepting applications for admission to other year groups on
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1st October at 00:01
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2. The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to other year groups on
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31st October at 23:59
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3. The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is
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As places become available in year groups other than Junior Infants
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4. The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is
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One full week after the offer
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Note: applications made after 31st October at 23:59 will be processed as Late Applications.
The school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
Failure of an applicant to accept an offer by one week after the offer has been made may result in the offer being withdrawn.
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Information about the number of places that will be available in the next school year 2025 - 2026
The number of available places in Junior Infants will be:
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52
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Senior Infants
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To be decided as places become available
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1st Class
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To be decided as places become available
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2nd Class
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To be decided as places become available
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3rd Class
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To be decided as places become available
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4th Class
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To be decided as places become available
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5th Class
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To be decided as places become available
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6th Class
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To be decided as places become available
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PART 2:
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In respect of the 2024-2025 school year, prior to that to which the admission notice applies, the total number of applications for admission received by the school was 273
Breakdown of places allocated for the 2024/2025 school year: |
Number of places available: |
57 |
Number of applications received: |
273 |
Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria: |
Number of sibling/children of staff member places offered: 27
Number accepted: 23
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Number of all other places offered: 102
Number of places accepted: 34
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Total number of offers made |
127 |
Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned. |
267 |