General Information
Welcome to the information page for Admissions to our college. Lucan Community College welcomes applications for all year groups and this page outlines how you should apply.
1st year applications take place on a date after 1st October each year for applicants currently in 6th class primary school. Applications must be on-time in order to be categorised as outlined in the Admission policy due to the high number of applications received each year. Transfer applications are invited from April to August of the year preceding admission.
Admission to 1st Year 2023/24
- 2023 1st year Application Form now available. Please note that the application period has now closed and any further applications will be treated as late applications and added to the end of our waiting list. Completed forms should be brought to the front office so that relevant documents can be checked and a receipt of application stamped and returned.
- Our Admission Notice for 2023/24 applications is available here: 2023 Admission Notice published 26 Sept 2022 This gives you information about deadlines for applications for 2023 and how our Admission Policy has been applied in previous years.
- Admissions Policy 2023 Lucan CC (amended 30/11/2022 after enactment of EPSEN Act) Admissions Policy 2023 Lucan CC should be read carefully before completing application form and before submitting a request for board of management review.
- As promised, 2022 – Lucan Community College – Prospectus is now available online as we ran out of printed copies on our Open Day.
- What do I do if my child has been offered a place? You will receive a letter offering you a place and should return the enclosed Acceptance Form to the school office as soon as possible with relevant information attached. Please respect the deadline for receipt of Acceptance Forms as we have a long waiting list of people awaiting a place.
- What do I do if my child has been refused a place? Please read the letter of refusal carefully and follow the instructions enclosed if you think that you have grounds for a review. Additional information and review forms are available below.
- Frequently Asked Questions: seeking a review/appeal for refusal to enrol due to oversubscription
- Information regarding appeals in relation to refusal to admit a student due to a school being oversubscribed
- PDF version of Form BOMR1 – Form requesting a review of a refusal to enrol by board of management
- Word version of Form BOMR1 – Form requesting a review of a refusal to enrol by board of management
- Please complete the BOMR1 Form and address it to The Secretary, Board of Management, Lucan Community College, Esker Drive, Lucan, Co Dublin. This form can only be submitted after you have received a letter of refusal from the school. The completed form must be submitted to the board of management within 21 calendar days from the date of the decision to refuse admission to the school. You must explain your grounds for making this request – Note: this request must be based on the implementation of the school’s admission policy and the content of the school’s annual admission notice. In that regard please specify why you consider that the school’s admission policy and/or admission notice were not applied correctly to your application for admission. You may attach additional documentation to your BOMR1 form if you wish.
- If an Applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the board of management, or the board of management is not in a position to review the decision to refuse admission within 42 calendar days of initial refusal, the Applicant may apply to bring an appeal to an Appeals Committee established by the Minister for Education under section 29A of the Education Act 1998. Appeals must be made in writing on a ‘Section 29 application form’ and must be submitted to the Section 29 Appeals Administration Unit in the Department of Education. The Section 29 Appeal Form may be downloaded from the Department’s website or may be obtained directly from the Section 29 Appeals Administration Unit in the Department of Education. Contact details for the Unit are available on the Department’s website. As per the Department of Education’s ‘Procedures for hearing and determining appeals under section 29’, such an appeal must not be brought until the Applicant has received correspondence from the board of management in relation to the review, or until 42 calendar days have passed since the date of initial refusal and may not be brought later than 63 calendar days after the initial decision to refuse admission.
2022/23 Transfer Admissions to 2nd to 6th year
- The period of time for acceptance of transfer applications for the academic year 2022-2023 to Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Year or Sixth Year Groups in Lucan Community College is from Monday 25th April 2022 to Friday 12th August 2022. Applications received after this date will be processed as late applications in accordance with the school’s Admission Policy.
- Transfer Application Form 2022/23 Please download and complete this form fully for applications to 2nd to 6th year 2022/23 only. Forms should be brought to the front office so that relevant documents can be checked and a receipt of application stamped and returned. If the school office is closed for the summer, an application can be submitted by email to admin@lucancc.ie or by post but it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure they collect the stamped receipt (last page of application) when the school re-opens.
The following policies are applicable for Transfer Applications 2022:
- Approved Admission Policy 2022
- 2022 Admission Notice amended May 2022
- Addendum to Admission Notice 24 January 2022
- Frequently Asked Questions: seeking a review/appeal for refusal to enrol due to oversubscription
- Information regarding appeals in relation to refusal to admit a student due to a school being oversubscribed
- Form BOMR1 – Form requesting a review of a refusal to enrol by board of management Please print and complete this form and address it to The Secretary, Board of Management, Lucan Community College, Esker Drive, Lucan, Co Dublin. This form can only be submitted after you have received a letter of refusal from the school. The completed form must be submitted to the board of management within 21 calendar days from the date of the decision to refuse admission to the school. You must explain your grounds for making this request – Note: this request must be based on the implementation of the school’s admission policy and the content of the school’s annual admission notice. In that regard please specify why you consider that the school’s admission policy and/or admission notice were not applied correctly to your application for admission. You may attach additional documentation to your BOMR1 form if you wish.
- If an Applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the board of management, or the board of management is not in a position to review the decision to refuse admission within 42 calendar days of initial refusal, the Applicant may apply to bring an appeal to an Appeals Committee established by the Minister for Education under section 29A of the Education Act 1998. Appeals must be made in writing on a ‘Section 29 application form’ and must be submitted to the Section 29 Appeals Administration Unit in the Department of Education. The ‘Section 29 application form’ may be downloaded from the Department’s website or may be obtained directly from the Section 29 Appeals Administration Unit in the Department of Education. Contact details for the Unit are available on the Department’s website. As per the Department of Education’s ‘Procedures for hearing and determining appeals under section 29’, such an appeal must not be brought until the Applicant has received correspondence from the board of management in relation to the review, or until 42 calendar days have passed since the date of initial refusal and may not be brought later than 63 calendar days after the initial decision to refuse admission.
- Link to Department of Education information on Appeals against Permanent Exclusion, Suspension or Refusal to Enrol.
