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ETSS Wicklow 

Annual ADMISSION NOtice

in respect of admissions to the 2025/2026 school year


Admission policy and Application form


You can read the ETSS Wicklow Admission Policy here   (also available on request by emailing reception@etsswicklow.ie  or writing to: Secretary of the Board of Management, ETSS Wicklow, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow)

The Application Form for Admission for 2025/2026 will be available from October 1st as follows: 

  • On our website www.etsswicklow.ie
  • By emailing reception@etsswicklow.ie 
  • By writing to ETSS Wicklow, The Glebe, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow, A67N797

Admissions to the 2025-2026 school year:

The following are the dates applicable for admission to First Year:

The school will commence accepting applications for admission on:

10:00 Tuesday 1st of October 2024

The school shall stop accepting applications for admission on:

16.00 Tuesday 22nd of October 2024

The date by which applicants will be notified of the decision on their application is:   

16.00 Tuesday 12th of November 2024

The period within which applicants must confirm acceptance of an offer of admission is

14 days

Failure to accept an offer within the prescribed period above will result in the offer being withdrawn. The place will then be offered to the next applicant on the waiting list. The decision cannot be reversed. A new application form would need to be completed in order to be reconsidered for a place.

Important **

Offers of places and Getting Started Forms will ONLY be sent electronically to the contact email address supplied in the Application Form. Applicants must ensure that the email address supplied on the Application Form is active and monitored. Educate Together Secondary School Wicklow is not responsible for letters of offer missed through the non-monitoring of accounts, junk mail filters etc.

NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2025/2026:

The number of places available in First Year

72

The number of places available in the Autism Class

0


ETSS Wicklow reserves the right to limit the number of incoming students each year, if it is deemed necessary. While every effort will be made to cater for all eligible applicants, the school is dependent on the accommodation provided to it by the Department of Education and Skills.

Procedure for 1st Year Student Entry September 2025

The process of admission to ETSS Wicklow will include a number of stages

  1. Information regarding the commencement of the enrolment procedure will be communicated via the school website and social media 
  2. Application forms will be made available online or from the school office from 10 am Tuesday 1st October 2024
  3. All aspects of the application form must be completed by the parents/guardians of the student enrolled. (The information sought therein complies with the regulations of the various Data Protection Acts and will be managed in accordance with these acts)
  4. Application forms can be downloaded from the ETSS Wicklow website www.etsswicklow.ie from 10 am Tuesday 1st October 2024.
  5. Application forms will only be accepted in respect of first year entrants, i.e., students starting second level in September 2025. 

The closing date for completed application forms will be 4 pm on Tuesday 22nd October 2024

  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2024-2025 was 72

  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2023-2024 was 72 
  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2022-2023 was 72
  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2021-2022 was 72
  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2020-2021 was 48
  • The number of places that were available in First Year 2019-2020 was 48



ETSS Wicklow Catchment Area MAP

See full PDF here Catchment_Area_Map.pdf