PART VPRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
CHAPTER IIADMISSION TO PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION AT GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS
Admission to part-time pre-school education
Admission decisions in relation to part-time pre-school education30
1
In this Article and Article 31 any reference to the admission of a child to a school is a reference to the admission of a child to part-time pre-school education at the school.
2
In this Article—
a
paragraph (3) applies to an application for the admission of a child to a school where the proposed admission is to take effect at the beginning of the first term of the school year; and
b
paragraph (4) applies to an application for the admission of a child to a school where the proposed admission is to take effect at any later time in the school year.
3
Where an application to which this paragraph applies is made, the Board of Governors—
a
shall admit the child to the school if the total number of such applications does not exceed the part-time enrolment number of the school;
b
in any other case, shall—
i
apply the criteria drawn up under Article 32(1) to select for admission to the school a number of children equal to the school's part-time enrolment number; and
ii
admit, or refuse to admit, the child to the school accordingly.
4
Where an application to which this paragraph applies is made, the Board of Governors shall—
a
if, at the time the application is considered there are vacant part-time places at the school—
i
admit the child to the school, if the total number of such applications falling to be considered at that time does not exceed the number of vacant part-time places;
ii
in any other case, apply the criteria drawn up under Article 32(1) to select for admission to the school a number of children equal to the number of vacant part-time places and admit, or refuse to admit, the child to the school accordingly;
b
if, at that time, there are no vacant part-time places at the school refuse to admit the child to the school.
5
For the purposes of this Article—
a
there are vacant part-time places at a school at any time if at that time the part-time enrolment number of the school exceeds the number of part-time pupils registered at the school;
b
the number of vacant part-time places at a school at any time is the number obtained by subtracting the number of part-time pupils registered at the school at that time from the part-time enrolment number of the school.