Admissions to 1st Year 2025/26
To view the Annual Admission Notice in respect of admission to 1st Year 2025/26 please click here.
APPLICATION FORM: Click HERE to complete and submit an Online Application Form to 1st Year 25/26.
The school does not hold an open evening for prospective applicants to 1st Year.
The Education (Admissions to School) Act 2018 (commencement February 2020) provides for a five-year period for current waiting lists to expire, allowing schools to honour commitments they have already made to parents.
The expiration of Dominican College’s waiting lists for entry into 1st Year commenced in the school year 2021/2022 and is inclusive of the subsequent years 2022/2023, 2023/2024, 2024/2025 & 2025/2026.
Applicants whose names are on the waiting list will receive an offer of a place, if available, for the year of entry applied for as per our Admissions Policy and Annual Admissions Notice. Therefore, any student on the waiting list for 25/26 should NOT complete another Application Form.
Admission to Other Year Groups 2025/26
The school will commence applications for admission to other year groups (3rd, TY, & 5th Year) from 1st February 2025 until 3rd June 2025 in the year before the requested year of entry. As outlined in Section 15 of the Admission Policy an offer of a place can only be made if there is space in the year group in question.
To view our School Prospectus - click here
To read our Admissions Policy - click here
To read our Data Protection Summary for Admissions - click here
FAQ
My daughter’s name is already on the waiting list for 2025/2026. Do I need to complete another application for admission?
NO, if you have already completed an application form for 2025/2026 you do not need to complete another application form.
My daughter is in Junior Infants. Can I put her name on the waiting list for secondary school?
Dominican College can no longer accept students' names when in Junior Infants as per the requirements of the Education (Admissions to School) Act 2018
When can I put my daughter's name down for secondary school?
Our Annual Admissions Notice will announce Admissions to 1st Year in October prior to starting secondary school. i.e. October when the student is in 6th class.
Can I put my daughter’s name down at any time during the year?
No. An application for entry into 1st year can only be accepted following the publication of an Annual Admissions Notice for a given year. The Admission Notice will include the date from which the school will accept applications and the deadline for receiving them for the year concerned.