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St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush, Co Dublin
ANNUAL ADMISSION NOTICE
in respect of admissions to the 2021/2022 school year
Admission Policy and Application Form
A copy of the school’s Admission Policy and the Application Form for Admission for 2021-2022 is available as follows: –
To download at: www.stjosephsrush.ie
On request: By emailing office@stjosephsrush.ie or writing to : St Joseph’s Secondary School, Convent Lane, Rush, Co. Dublin K56 A308
PART 1 - Admissions to the 2021- 2022 school year
Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2021- 2022
The following are the dates applicable for admission to First Year
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The school will commence accepting applications for admission on
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1 October 2020
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The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on
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13 October 2020
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The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is
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23 October 2020
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The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is
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2 November 2020
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Note: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.
*Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn
Number of places being made available in 2021-2022
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The number of places being made available in first year
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144
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PART 2 - Admissions to the 2020-2021 school year
Information regarding the admission process for the Intake Group for 1st year for the 2020-2021 school year
In respect of the 2020-2021 school year, the total number of applications for admission received by the school was 250
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Breakdown of places allocated for the 2020- 2021 school year:
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Number of places available:
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162
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Number of applications received:
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250
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Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria:
The Criteria under which you qualify, based on your application form will be added together to give you your total points (the maximum total points is 50
Category A - Criteria 1, 2 & 3 - 50 points
Offers made 61
Places accepted 56
Category B - Criteria 1,2 & 3 – 45 points
Offers made 10
Places accepted 7
Category C – Criteria 1, 2 & 3 – 40 points
Offers made 9
Places accepted 6
Category D – Criteria 1 & 2 – 40 points
Offers made 95
Places accepted 71
Category E – Criteria 1, 2 & 3 – 35 points
Offers made 1
Places accepted 0
Category F – Criteria 1&3 – 35 points
Offers made 1
Places accepted 0
Category G – Criteria 1&2 – 30 points
Offers made 45
Places accepted 8
Category H – Criteria 1&3 – 30 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
Category I – Criteria 1&3 – 25 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
Category J – Criteria 2&3 – 25 points
Offers made 1
Places accepted 1
Category k – Criteria 1 – 25 points
Offers made 2
Places accepted 0
Category L – Criteria 1&3 – 20 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
Category M – Criteria 2&3 – 20 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
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Criteria 1 - Catchment Area –
● Residency in the Parish of Rush K56 K34 25 points
● Permanent residency in the Parish of Lusk K45 15 points
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Criteria 2 - Designated Feeder Schools - 15 points
● Corduff NS Rush, Co. Dublin.
● Gaelscoil Ros Eo Rush, Co. Dublin
● Lusk NS Lusk, Co. Dublin
● Rush & Lusk Educate Together NS Lusk, Co. Dublin
● Rush NS Rush, Co. Dublin
● St Brendan’s NS Loughshinny, Co Dublin
● St Catherine’s NS Rush, Co. Dublin
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Criteria 3 - Sibling 10 or 5 points
● Sibling of student currently enrolled in St Joseph’s Secondary School Rush (10 points)
● Sibling of student enrolled in St Joseph’s in the past six years
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Criteria 4 – Other 5 points
Category N – Criteria 1– 15 points
Offers made 3
Places accepted 0
Category O – Criteria 2 – 15 points
Offers made 5
Places accepted 2
Category P – Criteria 3 – 10 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
Category Q – Criteria 3 – 5 points
Offers made no applicants
Places accepted
Category R– Criteria 4 – 5 points
Offers made 4
Places accepted 1
Late Applicants:
Offers made13
Places accepted 8
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Total number of offers made
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250
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Number of names placed on the waiting list for the school year concerned.
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0
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