PRIMARY 7 DIGITAL ADMISSIONS UPDATE

Revised Date for Notification of the Outcome of Applications for Pupils Transferring to Post-Primary School in September 2021

Dear P7 parents/guardians,

We have received the following information today in relation to post-primary admissions notification date.

• You will now be able to find out what post-primary school your child has been allocated on Saturday, 12th June 2021.

• Parents who had applied online will be able to login to the EA Post-Primary Application from 9am on Saturday, 12th June 2021 to receive the outcome of their child’s application.
• Please note that parents cannot indicate acceptance or refusal of a place offered via the online portal. If any post-primary schools do require confirmation, they will contact parents directly with instructions on how they should respond.

• Parents will be advised on screen that the offer of a place may be conditional on providing the school with verifying information.

• Again, should a post-primary school require verification documents they will contact parents directly.
• The EA will write to those parents who have applied via a paper application to notify them of the outcome of their child’s application.

Key Messages for Parents Accessing the EA Post-Primary Application

• Parents can log in to the online portal via the EA website link, https://admissions.eani.org.uk/postprimary using their registered email address and password.
• All users will be emailed prior to the notification date so that if they need to they can reset passwords in advance.
• The first few hours will be the busiest period and parents may be placed in a queuing system.
• They may wish to consider trying at a less busy time.
• Parents need to make sure they are logging in via the correct link.
• This is a different system to the Pre-school/P1 online application which some parents may have previously used when applying for younger children.

Logging in

• Use Google Chrome or any supported browser (remember Internet Explorer does not support this App)
• If they are unable to log in successfully, please encourage users to ensure their email address and password have been entered correctly.
• Remember many people have more than one email account so parents must log in with the same one they used registered on the system.
• Users can reset their password by clicking the ‘Forgot password’ link. EA staff cannot reset passwords. If the email address entered is registered, users will receive an email with a link to complete the reset.
• If users do not receive an email when resetting their password, it is likely because they didn’t register on the post primary application portal with this particular email address (otherwise check junk mail and social media folders within the email account).
• Contacting EA EA’s Admissions Helpdesk is open from 9am to 5pm on Saturday 12th June via
• Telephone: 028 9598 5595 Email: postprimaryadmissions@eani.org.uk
• Staff will be available throughout the day and will endeavour to assist parents.

• Lines are expected to be very busy, we would seek parents to be patient, and for them to be considerate when they do speak with our staff.
• We do understand that this can be a very distressing time for children and families when the placement news is not what has been hoped for. While we will try to assist everyone, it is important for parents to remember that decisions on admissions are made by individual schools rather than the EA.

I hope this information is helpful.

Kind Regards

Mrs Bacheta