Admissions

The lodging of an application is interpreted by the Board of Governors as an indication that the parents and the child concerned accept and are in agreement with the ethos, philosophy, aims, policies and regulations of the school including any code of conduct or discipline policy of the school.  Information in relation to these may be obtained from the school.

The Board of Governors reserves the right to require such supplementary evidence as it may determine to support or verify information on any application/Transfer Form.

It is the responsibility of the parents/guardians to ensure that all relevant information is given on or attached to the Transfer Report Form.

The provision of false or incorrect information or the failure to provide information within the deadlines set by the school can result in the withdrawal of a place and the inability to offer a place on the part of any school nominated on the applicant’s Transfer Form.

Admissions Criteria for entry of pupils to Year 8 in September 2012 or during the course of the 2012/2013 school year

If Markethill High School is over subscribed the Principal, on behalf of the Board of Governors will apply the following criteria in the order indicated, to select pupils for admission.  In applying the criteria children resident in Northern Ireland at the time of their proposed admission to the school will be selected before any child not so resident.

1.       Pupils from the following local contributory primary schools:

      Aghavilly                 Kingsmills

Armstrong               Lisnadill

Clare                       Markethill

Derryhale                Mountnorris

Hamiltonsbawn        Mullaglass

Hardy Memorial       Poyntzpass

Keady                     Saints and Scholars 

2.       Other pupils for whom Markethill High School is their closest post primary school.                               

3.         In the event of over subscription within any of the above, the following sub-criteria will be applied as appropriate in the order indicated below to determine which pupils should be admitted. 

(i)       Parents who nominate Markethill High School as first preference on the Transfer Form;

(ii)     Brother/sister, half brother/half sister of pupil in attendance at the school in the 2011/2012 school year;

(iii)    Brother/sister, half brother/half sister of former pupil;

(iv)    Children of permanent members of the teaching and non teaching staff of the school;

(v)      Children who have taken up their entitlement for FSME as indicated on the Transfer Form;

(vi)    Pupils whose permanent home address is closest to Markethill High School.

Unless stated otherwise this will be taken to be the address on the Transfer Form and the location will be measured from home address by public road to Markethill High School.

Sub-criterion (vi) will also be used as a deciding factor within any other over-subscribed sub-criterion.

Admissions Criteria for entry of pupils to Years 9 - 12

A pupil will be admitted provided that the following conditions are met:

(a)      the school’s enrolment number is not exceeded,

(b)      the admission of the pupil would not, in the opinion of the Board of Governors be prejudicial to the efficient use of resources in the school.

In the event of over-subscription the following criteria will be applied in the order stated.

In selecting pupils for admission:

1.              Pupils for whom Markethill High School is the closest post-primary school to the child’s permanent home address.

2        Other pupils.

If there are more applicants in either criteria than places available the following sub-criteria will be applied in the order indicated below:

          (i)       Pupils whose parent/guardian is a permanent member of staff at the school;

          (ii)      Brother or sister attending the school;                                                          

(iii)           Brother or sister of a former pupil;

(iv)           Those living nearest to the school measured by public road from home address to Markethill High School. 

Sub-criterion (iv) will also be applied in the event of over subscription within any other sub-criterion. 

NOTES:

1        It is the responsibility of the parents/guardians to ensure that all relevant information is given on or attached to the Application Form.

2        Inaccurate or misleading information provided on or attached to an application form may prejudice an offer of a place and may lead to the withdrawal of a place awarded to an applicant who has thereby gained an improper advantage.