Esker Educate Together National School
Lucan East Educate Together National School
Griffeen Valley Educate Together National School
Adamstown Castle Educate Together National School

The four Educate Together schools, Adamstown Castle ETNS, Esker ETNS, Griffeen Valley ETNS and Lucan East want to end the situation in which children are forced to crisscross all over Lucan to attend a school that is not necessarily their nearest one.

Under the new system, which prioritises students based on age, newcomer families will no longer be disproportionally disadvantaged in accessing schools.

Parents will make an application to the system, which will be run by a committee of representatives from the boards of management of each of the four schools. Children on the system will be assigned to one of the four schools based on age, whether they have a sibling in the school and proximity to a school.

This is the first time that a common enrolment system has been used by Educate Together schools.

The old system of first come first served still holds for those who applied before the 1st of February 2015. These applications will be honoured. Any left over places will be included in the Common Enrolment System or LCES for short.

Dates to note:

• 22/10/2015 Letters of interest will go out to those who already applied under the old system
• 06/11/2015: Closing date for response to letter of interest
• 20/11/2015: 1st round of formal offers under the old system will be posted
• 04/12/2015: Closing date for response to 1st round of offers
• 18/12/2015: 2nd round of offers under the old system will be posted
• 04/01/2016: Text to be sent to parents re: 2nd round of offers
• 08/01/2016: Closing date for response to 2nd round of offers
• 28/01/2016: Secretaries of four schools in the LCES to meet regarding enrolment
• 01/03/2016: Offers sent out under the NEW ENROLMENT SYSTEM (LCES)

These dates may change without notice.

LCES launch press release