To: Primary School Principals and Post-Primary School Principals and Governors
The Department of Education has published new Transfer guidance for admissions to post-primary schools. This new guidance succeeds the Transfer 2010 Guidance which was issued in June 2009 and applied to the transfer process for admissions into post-primary school for the start of the 2010/11 school year. This new guidance applies to post-primary admissions during the 2010/11 school year and the annual transfer processes for the 2011/12 school year and beyond.It is currently available in English and Irish, with a bilingual version to follow shortly.
http://www.deni.gov.uk/post_primary_transfer_policy_for_september_2010__english__pdf_711kb.pdf
http://www.deni.gov.uk/post_primary_transfer_policy_for_september_2010__irish__pdf_711kb.pdf
Detailed operational guidance for schools will be published to coincide with the start of the new school term in September 2010.
