Admissions

Expression of Interest

This form can be completed at any time during the school year. A member of staff will contact you following it’s submission. This is not an Application Form.

Application Form

Please click on the purple button to download & complete our Application Form.

This option will be disabled outside of the Application Period.

Apply for September 2026 soon!

Application are open from October 1st 2025 – November 7th 2025.

After this date your application will be treated as a late submission.

 

During the ‘Admissions Application Period’ the Application Form can be collected from the school reception and returned to the school in person or via email/post. If you have any questions or queries please contact the school reception at hello@staudoens.ie or by phone 01 – 6779856.

Applications will be processed according to our Admissions Policy which can be found on this website.

 

Please see Annual Admissions Notice below which is published each September.

Annual Admission Notice 2026/2027

 

PART 1 – Admissions to the 2026/2027 school year

 

The following are the dates applicable for admission to Junior Infants 2026/2027:

  • The school will commence accepting applications for admission on October 1st 2025.
  • The school shall cease accepting applications for admission on 7th November 2025.
  • The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is 5th December 2025.
  • The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is 3 weeks.

 

 

Special Class Application and Decision Dates for admission to 2026/2027

The following are the dates applicable for admission to the school’s Special Class which caters for children with Autism:

  • The school will commence accepting applications for admission to the special class on October 1st 2025.
  • The school shall cease accepting applications for admission to the special class on 7th November 2025.
  • All applications for the special class will require a eligibility letter from the NCSE to process the application. To apply for this the Parents Notify form needs to be completed before the 1st of October. This form can be found at https://ncse.ie/notify-ncse-special-class-special-school
  • The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application for admission to the special class is 5th December 2025.
  • The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is 3 weeks.

 

NOTE: the school will consider and issue decisions on late applications in accordance with the school’s admission policy.

Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above may result in the offer being withdrawn.

Please note: Pre-School service attendance does not guarantee admission to St Audoen’s NS, this is a provision of The Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. Please see St Audoen’s Admission Policy for further info.

 

 

Number of places being made available in Junior Infants 2025/2026

  • The number of places being made available in Junior Infants is 22.
  • The number of places being made available in the classes for children with Autism is 2 (unless a child moves school or transitions to Mainstream).

PART 2 – Special Class Admissions to the 2025/2026 school year

 

In respect of the 2025/2026 school year:

  • Number of places available: 2
  • Number of applications received:
  • Number of Offers made and accepted under each criteria: Criterion 1: Child in our mainstream school who had a recommendation of an AS class: tbc Criterion 2: Applicants living in the catchment area who had a recommendation of an ASD class: tbc.
  • Total number of offers made: tbc
  • Number of names placed on waiting list for the school year concerned: tbc