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School Enrolment for School Year 2021- 2022

Applications for admission to Scoil Naomh Iosaf are open for Junior Infants in September 2021 and all other classes.
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Email the principal at principal@snibaltinglass.ie for information.  

Our Admissions Policy and Annual Admission Notice are also available here on our school website.

Download the Junior infant application form here:
Scoil Naomh Iosaf (SNI) is a warm, welcoming and inclusive school with caring and dedicated teachers who promote excellence in education and ensure the children are happy and well cared for. We have bright modern classrooms, an extensive outdoor playing area and a large football field.  We also have a fabulous new playground with swings, slides, seesaw, carousel and fun climbing towers.

At SNI, pupils have the opportunity to engage in a wide range of sports, including, GAA coaching, Basketball, Zumba, Cross Country, Tag Rugby, Swimming and Spike Ball. Music is also very important in our school and we have a wide range of musical activities, including, school choir, Music Generation, class ukulele lessons, small group guitar lessons, traditional Irish music and our School Band.  

The staff of SNI are very conscious of pupil safety and wellbeing in light of Covid-19. We have a wide range of safety procedures in operation in the school to ensure that Covid-19 is not present in our school.
Our school mission statement reflects what Scoil Naomh Iosaf is about:
Scoil Naomh Iósaf strives to create a safe, welcoming and nurturing environment, which enriches well-being and values happiness, encourages a spirit of inclusivity and respect for everyone in our school community, fosters enquiring minds and kind hearts, promotes excellence in education and cultivates a sense of responsibility for self, society and the environment.

The staff, parents and pupils are very proud of our school and we look forward to welcoming our New Junior Infants to our school community in September.

​About Scoil Naomh Iósaf

Scoil Naomh Iósaf is a co-educational Catholic primary school in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow. We have a large staff of fourteen classroom teachers, six learning support and resource teachers and an administrative principal. We also have five special needs assistants (S.N.A’s).

We have a modern school building with a new extension officially opened in 2003. The school has 17 classrooms, a large P.E hall and extensive grounds. The school yard has a large tarmacadam area and grass area at the back of the school. Our new classroom 'Réalta' for children on the Autistic Spectrum opened in September 2016. Currently there is building work ongoing at SNI. Our new building of two ASD classes, sensory rooms, learning support classes and new entrance should be completed in September 2020.

​Information about Enrolment:

Parents seeking to enrol children are requested to complete an enrolment form. Forms are available in the office and on the 'Parents' page of this website.  New Junior Infants and their parents are invited in to see the school in June prior to classes starting in September.
Email principal@snibaltinglass for a copy of our current enrolment form.

Equality of access is the key value that determines the enrolment of children to our school. No child is refused admission for reasons of ethnicity, special educational needs, disability, language/accent, gender, traveller status, asylum seeker/refugee status/political beliefs and values, family or social circumstances.