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Incoming First Years

Please download the VSware app (from the Android Playstore or Apple Appstore) to enter your child’s subject options for 1st year next year.

The guides to download the app and to enter students can be found here:

Parental App: https://support.vsware.ie/en/parent-app-overview

Entering Student Options: https://support.vsware.ie/parent-app-notes-options

Information on entering student options:

Option subjects – select 6 subjects in order of preference (1 highest to 6 lowest). We will do our best to give the top 3 but this is not always possible due to either resources or student choice. We will contact you if you do not get one of your top 4 choices.

Language options – select either French or German. If your child has an educational assessment that recommends they do not study a modern foreign language please select ‘does not study from ed. report’.

Changes can be made up until the closing date of 16th April 2025 but not after.

If you have any questions please contact Gráinne Malone (Deputy Principal) at grainnemalone@lucancc.ie

Welcome to the Information Page for 1st Year 2025

Slides from Incoming First Year Information- Night Tuesday 21st January- Introducing LCC Powerpoint 2025 Tuesday 21st January

Please check our Admissions Page for information about our online Admissions process for 1st year 2026 which will open after 1st October 2025.

This page provides information for accepted applicants for 1st year 2025.

Subject Choice: A subject information booklet will be published here before we invite you to select your preference for optional subjects.
Health: All parents/guardians of students with a long-term health condition to help us by completing the online Healthcare Information Form here.
Child Protection: Information about our Child Protection Procedures can be accessed here with further details in our Child Protection Statement available here.
Parent Advice: Useful advice for incoming 1st year parents – written by our experienced parents.
Lockers: Lockers are available to First Year students of the College to rent.  The payment is included in the €50 admin fee that we ask you to pay online. This provides students with a secure means of storing their books, resources, school coat and other equipment. Lockers will be allocated and ready when the students begin in August. A suitable lock and keys will be provided by the school at the start of 1st year as part of the fee.  Replacement locks if needed must be provided by the student.  A spare locker key should be provided to the student’s tutor on start-up. Students must take responsibility for locking their lockers each time, keeping them neat and tidy and making sure that their names are written on all books and equipment.
Curricular Wellbeing: Wellbeing is an important element of our Junior Cycle programme. To find out more, please read our JC Wellbeing leaflet here.
Religious Education programme: Find out more here.

Frequently Asked Questions:

These are questions that are often asked at our parents information evening. If you have a different question, please email the school at admin@lucancc.ie and we will do our best to direct you to the relevant staff member.

When will the extension and autism class be finished?

We are awaiting a further update from the Department of Education at the moment to formally appoint our Main Contractor. This will allow work to being on site hopefully later this year. It will be approximately a 3 year project.

Do you provide the parental reports from the CAT assessment?

Yes, we make the results of your child's assessment available to you at some stage during their 1st year.

The Department of Education announced that Junior Cycle students will receive free school books. How will this work?

The school will purchase books and resources for students and distribute them before the start of the school term. We will inform you of distribution dates closer to the date your student is due to start.

The government grant will not cover everything. We will inform you what books or resources you will need to purchase yourself.

Is there an exemption for foreign language if recommended by psychological report?

While there is an official exemption process for Irish if students satisfy certain conditions, there is no such process for a modern foreign language exemption. However, you can meet with our Additional Needs Team and find out more about the circumstances when students do not need to take a language.

Do you do a sampling programme for subject options or do they have the opportunity to change an option?

We don’t operate a taster programme for options but listen carefully to parents and students if they feel that they have selected a subject that they are finding challenging and try to change options if resources allow.

Do you have a coding subject at Junior Cycle?

At the moment we offer Digital Literacy and Wellbeing to 1st year students to ensure that they have the skills to use the MS Office package that they have access to in the school and the attitudes and knowledge to deal with some of the challenges that can arise from living in a digital media world. This does not include a coding element. We also offer Computer Science as an option for Leaving Certificate students and we run a TY coding module as an option also.

Are children allowed out for lunch or must they remain in school?

Junior students (1st to 3rd) can either stay in school for lunch and use the school canteen or bring a packed lunch. Junior students are not allowed to access any local shops or restaurants during lunch time. Senior students (TY to 6th year) can use local shops and restaurants. Our school canteen can accept electronic payments if you want to provide your child with a card that they can use.

My student uses a laptop on the recommendation of an occupational therapist. Do we need to do anything to get a laptop awarded for use in Lucan CC.

Yes, an assistive technology grant will need to be applied for. Please phone the school and make an appointment to meet with our Additional Needs post holder.

Do students with additional needs receive support in organizational skills such as organizing books, lockers, getting to class etc.

Our additional needs team and SNAs will organise a special focussed tour for students with additional needs if needed before they start with us. They will also receive additional help during the student induction days at the start of the school year.

When will we get full information about the Options Choice process?

Once we have finalised the structure of the Junior Cycle course on offer for the incoming 1st years, we will send on all of the relevant information to you. Current 1st years study Maths, English, Irish (unless exemption is in place), either French or German and 3 options subjects from a list of 9 as well as wellbeing subjects such as SPHE, PE, CSPE and Digital Wellbeing. Science is not compulsory in our school but as a lot of students wish to take it, we put on many classes of science to facilitate this. If there are changes in the programme, we will let you know in good time before you have to make your subject choice.

This page will remain available in case of any late offers for a place in 1st year 2025 and will then be updated for the Admissions 2026 process which will begin in October 2025.

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