2023 Final Admissions Junior Infants 2022

Congratulations on being accepted for enrolment to Junior Infants in Creagh National School for September 2024. Please fill in the form below to complete your Admission by Sunday 24th March 2024
If you have any difficulties filling in the form, please contact the school:
email: [email protected]
Phone: 09096 42634

Creagh National School, Ballinasloe will treat all personal information and data you provide as part of this application as confidential and store it securely. When Creagh National School receives your completed application form and any supporting documentation it makes a complete computer record in your name. This record will contain the relevant personal information you have supplied. This personal record will be used and retained by Creagh National School solely for the purpose of processing your enrolment application and your on-going education.

Creagh National School Ballinasloe will not disclose (share) with other people or organisations the personal information you have given unless permission has been given by the person to whom the information relates or Creagh National School is required to do so by law.

If your child has attended school in another country please furnish the school with a school report in English by email to [email protected]

The following information is necessary in order for us to cater for your child’s needs but will not be used as selection criteria

It is essential that the school is made aware of any medication your child may be taking and if the school should hold a spare supply eg. Inhaler/Epipen.

Please state any Hearing, Sight, Speech, medical or other difficulties your child may have below

Please indicate if your child has had an assessment in any of the following:

Please supply the school with a copy of the most recent report/reports.
These will need to be sent to the school by March 24th, 2024. They may be posted, sent by email to [email protected] or uploaded below.

Any other relevant information you feel may be of assistance to us in helping your child settle into school i.e. family, social, personal development etc.

The Board of Management reserves the right to request proof of identify (e.g. Passport/Identity Card from Country of Origin) and Proof of Address.

The Department of Education and Skills has developed an electronic database of primary school pupils called the Primary Online Database (POD) which involves schools maintaining and returning data on pupils to the Department at individual pupil level on a live system. The database allows the Department to evaluate progress and outcomes of pupils at primary level, to validate school enrolment returns for grant payment and teacher allocation purposes, to follow up on pupils who do not make the transfer from primary to post primary level and for statistical reporting.

The database will hold data on all primary school pupils including their PPSN, First Name, Surname, Name as per Birth Certificate, Mother's Birth Surname, Address (including Eircode), Date of Birth, Gender, Nationality, whether the pupil is in receipt of an Exemption from Irish and if so the reason for same, and whether the pupil is in a Mainstream or Special Class. The database will record the class grouping and standard the pupil is enrolled in. The database will also contain, on an optional basis, information on the pupil's religion, on their ethnic or cultural background and whether one of the pupil's mother tongues is English or Irish.

The Department has consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to the collection of individual pupil information for the Primary Online Database. Religion and ethnic and cultural background are special category data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Mother tongue is personal category data requiring consent for collection. While these questions are optional, written consent is sought by the student’s school to record this information and for the school to forward this information to the Department.

The information would be very useful to the Department for statistical and research purposes. Aggregated information on Ethnic/Cultural background will be used to track the progress of these groups, and to compare their progress with other groups, thereby identifying gaps in the system and assisting in the development and implementation of appropriate policies and interventions. Aggregated information on religion will be used for statistical purposes only. Mother tongue is collected to identify, monitor and evaluate the need for English as an additional language (EAL) support. Parents/guardians have the option to identify their children’s religion, ethnic background or if mother tongue is English or Irish and to consent for this information to be transferred to the Department of Education and Skills. This page of the form will be retained by your primary school.

To which ethnic or cultural background group does your child belong (please tick one)?
(Categories based on the Census of Population)

What is your child’s religion

Is one of the pupil’s mother tongues (i.e. language spoken at home) Irish or English?

I consent for the special category data in the two questions and the personal category data question to be stored on the Primary Online Database (POD) and transferred to the Department of Education and Skills and any other primary schools my child may transfer to during the course of their time in primary school.

By clicking submit to this application form, I am agreeing to support the Board of Management and staff in their implementation of school policies. I agree to support the staff in their efforts to provide a positive learning experience for all children in the school.

DLP: Mrs Aine Bleahene
DDLP: Miss Majella O'Rourke

Creagh National School is located in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway with classes from Junior Infants to 6th Class.

JUNIOR INFANTS ONLINE ADMISSIONS FORM for ACCEPTED ADMISSIONS- September 2023

Section 1 - Information for the school

Section 2: Parental Consent Form

Section 3 - Consensual Pupil Information Requested for Dept of Education and Skills Primary Online Database