Admission for Incoming 1st Year Students 2025/26
We are delighted with your interest in our school for your child. Thank you for your time in reading carefully the necessary documentation below in considering our school for your child. For further information about our school and our relational learning environment, the website will help you to familiarise yourself with our culture and the way we do things in our school community. All information regarding our curriculum, approach to teaching and learning, student supports and extra-curricular activities can be found on our website.
In considering our school, please be aware that we are committed to being an Educate Together Secondary School, to our caring and restorative culture with high standards and expectations in student engagement and accountability, and in teaching and learning as facilitated by our amazing team of teachers and student support assistants. As a new and developing school we have been fortunate to establish our creative school culture and to have fully embraced junior cycle reform as reflected in the national curriculum available on www.curriculumonline.ie. Consequently, assessment and reporting will look different to what we have all experienced heretofore in an Irish context and is much more supportive of student wellbeing and achievement. It is helpful for you to note that we have a blended approach to learning using iPads and creative resources. As such, there are no textbooks at junior cycle and students are treated to highly professional bespoke learning experiences rooted in the learning outcomes of the national curriculum. This summer we celebrated our first cohort of students to complete six years in our school and we are very proud of the young active citizens that they have become and of how well they achieved in the Leaving Certificate.
As you know, deciding on a school for your child/ren is an extremely important decision. It is essential that you do your research and consider if Firhouse ETSS is the right school for you and your child/ren. We are excited for you to become part of our school community and expect high engagement from our parent/guardian community in working with us in support of our young people. Once the admission process has been completed, we will arrange a parent/guardian information evening with all confirmed incoming 1st Year students.
Admission Policy
Admission Notice 2025/26
Admission Notice 2024/25
Relationships and Behaviour Code of Practice
Important to note before applying!
- The online application form for 1st Year 2025/26 is available from 10:00 on Tuesday, 1st October, to 16:00 on Monday, 23rd October 2024, at this link only: https://www.letsenrol.school/Firhouse-ETSS/41603
- The link for Let's Enrol is the only way admissions are processed for incoming 1st Year students in October. Please do not use the admission@firhouseetss.ie email address to express your interest if the application is for incoming 1st Year students in October.
- You can complete the form at any time during the three week period for admission. It is NOT a first come first served process. We advise that you do this application in one sitting so that it is fully processed on our system. It should take 10-15 minutes approximately.
- There are no spaces available in the two autism classes.
Should your child be offered a place according to the process detailed in the Admission Policy, there will be an information evening for parents/guardians and students in February 2025. There will not be an open day for admission 2025.
Late Applications for Incoming 1st Year Students 2025/26
If you miss the window for 1st Year applications in October, you can apply to be on the waitlist for 1st Year. Places are dependent on if there are any spaces left in the year group. There are no spaces available in the two autism classes.
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Please email admission@firhouseetss.ie with the following details: Your name, your child's name and the year group that you are looking for in mainstream. Please make it clear that you are inquiring about a late incoming 1st Year place. |
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If any places become available, the waitlist will be checked. Should you be next on the waitlist, we will contact you and ask you to fill in a form. |
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The school will contact you after this to confirm your place. |
Please note that once you have emailed admission@firhousetss.ie, you will be immediately placed on the waitlist. Due to the high numbers of transfer inquiries, we will only contact you should a place become available and you are next on the waitlist.
Admission Transfer Students for 2nd, 3rd, TY, 5th and 6th Year 2025/26
*Please note that admission emails should only be sent after 1st May 2025 as this opens the transfer window. Any emails sent before this date will not be added to the waitlist. We do not take mid-year transfers*
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If you are inquiring about a transfer place for a student for the 2025/26 academic year, please email admission@firhouseetss.ie directly with the following information: your name, your child's name, the year group that you are looking for in mainstream, and reason for transfer. Once we receive this email, your child will be included on the waitlist. There is no need to further contact the school at this point. |
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The school will do an audit on what school places, if any, will be available for the next academic year. If any place becomes available, the waitlist will be checked. Should you be contacted after this point, we will ask you to fill in a form and a meeting will be arranged between you, your child and the school principal. |
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After this meeting with the school principal, the transfer requests are then considered by the Board of Management. The decision of the Board of Management will be communicated to parents/guardians soon after. |
Please note that once you have emailed admission@firhousetss.ie after 1st May 2025, you will be immediately placed on the waitlist. Due to the high numbers of transfer inquiries, we will only contact you should a place become available and you are next on the waitlist.
Catchment Map
Below is an OS Map outlining our catchment area:
