Admission to Church schools

Applications for admission to classes at kindergarten, pre-grade and Year 1 level of Church schools in Malta will be available at the Secretariat for Catholic Education and Culture, at the Archbishop's Curia in Floriana, next month.

The criteria for entry will remain those established in the past few years: siblings in the same school, children from Church Homes, three children in every class from families with special needs, and the rest by ballot.

According to the system introduced in 1995, parents will apply for admission on one form. On application, parents will indicate their choice of school for their children. Following the draw by ballot, children will be assigned to schools according to their placing in the ballot, to the available places in each school and to their indicated preference.

The application forms will be available from the Archbishop's Curia, as follows: January 12 for kindergarten - children born in 2001; January 13 for pre-grade - children born in 2000; and January 14 for Year One - children born in 1999. The forms may be collected from 9 a.m. to noon and from 3 to 5 p.m.

The dates when the duly filled applications will have to be presented at the Curia will be announced concurrently with the issuing of the application forms.