The Admissions Process
If you are interested in enrolling your child with us, please complete a registration form and feel free to contact us so that we can answer any questions you may have. Further information on admissions can be found below.
Our Process
School open days are held every November and February. If you’d like an invitation to the next one click here. Open days are facilitated by the Principal, teaching team, students and parents of the school.
We are happy to invite any prospective family to the school to visit the premises, meet the Principal and see how we ‘live’ our ethos and embrace our school rules:
- Take care of everyone including yourself
- Give attention and participate fully
- Follow directions immediately
- Speak truthfully and beautifully
- Take care of everything
We also have a group of current parents that are happy to meet any prospective or enquiring families to discuss any further questions or queries.
Any applications or enquiries received outside of term time will be addressed. All messages are checked periodically during holiday times, so please do not hesitate to leave us a message.
We would encourage all prospective families to take a look at our Admissions Policy and Code of Behaviour.
Junior Infants
Induction
The start of school is recognised as a major transition in the life of a child and here in John Scottus National School we want to do everything we can to make that transition smooth and meaningful.
Each year we invite incoming Junior Infants classes to an induction afternoon. It is important for children to become comfortable in their new surroundings and to have an opportunity to meet their teacher. These two simple steps can assist children in easing into their new school environment.
A great way to get to know a new environment is to take a peek inside and see what a typical day is like. You may like to show this video to your child before they start school.
A day in the life of a Junior Infant at JSNS
Please feel free to download and read our Junior Infants Induction Booklet.
Each year we have a Parent Information Evening for parents who have enrolled their children for the following September, as well as a Junior Infant induction afternoon typically each May.
Special
Educational Needs
John Scottus National School endeavours to be as inclusive as possible and welcomes all children subject to the admissions policy. We currently have 3.2 Learning Support Teachers (Sept 2019). You can find below our policy on Special Educational Needs (SEN) which sets out our approach to encourage every child with SEN to grow in self-confidence and achieve their full potential socially and academically. Learning Support at John Scottus National School is a collaborative process involving the child, the class teacher, parents and the Learning Support Team.
Voluntary
Contributions
John Scottus National School relies on two main sources of finance: Department of Education and Skills (DES) and voluntary parent contributions. The extras at our school such as swimming, hot lunch, the longer day, Sanskrit and philosophy, smaller class sizes and more are possible because of your voluntary contribution. Read more about these, and other great things that make our school unique on the ‘Choosing John Scottus’ page.
This year (2019/2020), the contribution is €4000 per annum. It may be paid monthly via the easy payments plus portal or by direct debit monthly instalments, twice per year or in one lump sum. A contribution of €400 is requested at registration. This is then deducted from the voluntary contribution.