Digital Admissions Information

Useful Information about Applying for School Places.

Applying for Pre-School in the 2019-2020 school year

• The way in which parents apply for Pre-School places is changing.  Online applications have been introduced for admission to Pre-School in the 2019/2020 school year.

• If your child is born on or between 2 July 2015 and 1 July 2016 they will be in their target pre-school and you will be eligible to apply for admission to either a Nursery School or Nursery Unit or Playgroup for the school year 2019-2020.

   

• If funded places are still available after target age children are admitted, then underage children born on or between 2 July 2016 and 1 July 2017 may also be admitted.  If your child falls within this age group, you will be eligible to apply to only a Nursery School or a Nursery Unit.

   

• You should check the Education Authority website for updates on how to apply for a place, key dates in the admissions procedure and pre-school providers' admissions criteria for September 2019 admissions.

Applying for Primary 1 for the 2019/2020 school year

• The way in which parents apply for Primary 1 places is changing.

Online applications have been introduced for 

     admission to Primary 1 in the 2019/2020 school year. 

You should check the Education Authority website  for updates on how to apply for a place, key dates in the admissions procedure and schools’ admissions criteria for September 2019/2020 school year.

Admissions Helpdesk

If additional information is required or any difficulty is experienced, parents can contact the admissions helpdesk on:

0300 200 7824 or email the relevant address listed below

• Pre-School Admissions - preschooladmissions@eani.org.uk
• Primary School Admissions - primaryadmissions@eani.org.uk 

Parents will have the opportunity to amend their submitted application until the closing date. This replaces the current paper based application form.  

For admission to the forthcoming academic year, parents will continue to provide your child’s birth certificate and any other verifying documents stipulated in admission criteria directly to the first preference provider/school.

The Go Live date for the new digital admissions was Wednesday 2 January 2019 at 10.00am. The closing time and date for punctual applications will be 12.00 midnight on Thursday 31 January 2019.

The EA is providing Assisted Digital Support for parents and users of the new system. This will be in the form of a new telephone service, enhanced website content and a number of face-to-face drop-in clinics held in EA offices and other locations during January 2019.