Kerry school wins permission to challenge enrolment order

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A Kerry primary school won permission for a High Court challenge to an order requiring it to enrol two siblings, reported on 8 February 2021. The school had refused admission, saying its capacity was full, while a Department of Education appeals committee upheld the children’s mother’s appeals and directed that they be admitted.

The school’s board says the committee applied the wrong legal test and incorrectly found that the school was not oversubscribed. It seeks to have the decisions quashed and the appeals reconsidered by a new committee. The children’s mother is a notice party and cannot be identified for legal reasons. The case was due back before the High Court in early March.