This application requires the submission of documents as will be indicated. It would be helpful if submitted documents are in PDF or Word format. In the case of multi-page documents/reports, kindly upload these as one file. Thank you.
It is obligatory to fill in fields marked with an asterisk. One can start filling in the application without submitting it during the same session by using the “Save and Continue Later” button found at the end of the application. Through this function one may continue filling in the application during another session. Reading and understanding the Regulations for Church Schools Admission before filling in this application is highly recommended. When the “Save and Continue Later” function is used, kindly note that the documents will need to be re-uploaded when starting the next session. Final payment will be made using VISA or MasterCard. Before proceeding with this application kindly ensure that you have access to your bank’s 3D Secure system.
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Agħfas hawn għal verzjoni bil-Malti ta’ din l-applikazzjoni
This application is for Church Schools in Malta. To apply for Church Schools in Gozo, kindly click here.
Serious Cases
Serious cases include children who need a Learning Support Educator, Social Cases and Asylum Seekers.
Children who need the assistance of an L.S.E. This Criterion includes children who:
- are statemented and need the assistance of a Learning Support Educator (L.S.E.) or similar, and for whom the schools can provide an individualised educational programme (IEP)
- have started or are about to start the statementing process at the Statementing Moderating Panel or at the C.D.A.U.
- have or will have certification from an educational psychologist or similar, which can lead to the assistance of an L.S.E. or similar
- are applying for entry in kinder one and whose autism screening resulted in the possible requirement of L.S.E. support.
Children who already have a statement of needs and who by application day have requested its review or appealed the Board’s decision must apply as a Serious Case. The Commission of Serious Cases studies and takes decisions regarding such cases.
When an applicant already has a statement of needs and is supported by an L.S.E. but has registered progress and the parents / custodians, the school and the educational psychologist deem that s / he may advance without the assistance of an LSE and have submitted a request to the Statementing Moderating Panel Board for the removal of the L.S.E. by the 31st October 2024, the applicant initially needs to apply as mainstream and needs to present the request for the removal of the L.S.E. and other relevant documents. The Admissions Board will determine if the application is to proceed in mainstream or as a serious case.
Children with a statement of needs reading “Learner’s needs to be met by Class Teacher” need to apply as mainstream. The Statementing document issued by the Statementing Moderating Panel is to be submitted with the application.
It is very important that if circumstances change after the application or registration phase, the Admissions Office needs to be notified. This applies if applicant start process at CDAU, psychologist or medical conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, etc, are developed or if there is change in the support given or if given the support of an L.S.E.
Applicants who fail to apply as indicated above and are registered in a Church School, will lose their place in the Church School.
Criterion 1a – Children from Church Homes
Children residing in Church Homes, falling under the responsibility of the Director of the same Church Home.
Click here to download the Declaration for Children in a Church Home to be filled in and signed by the Director of the same Home. Scan and upload this declaration as indicated.
Criterion 1b – Employee’s Children in the same school
Church School Employees or Employees of the Secretariat for Catholic Education may register their children in the same school where the parent / custodian works, or in a school of the same religious entity. The Archbishop’s Seminary and the Sacred Heart College are schools of the same religious entity.
The parent / custodian should have been employed full-time, latest, during the first part of the scholastic year prior to the scholastic year of admission and has to still be full-time employed with a church school at the beginning of the scholastic year of admission. This includes full-time employees who are on reduced hours temporarily and will return to full-time employment. This is not applicable to those employed long-term on Full-Time Reduced Hours.
Application for Criterion 1b serves also as an application for Criterion 3, therefore there is no need for another application to be submitted. This does not apply if applying under Criterion 1f or 1ġ.
Criterion 1ċ – Siblings in the same Church School
Children whose siblings are attending a Church School during scholastic year 2024-2025 may
be registered in the same school as their sibling/s or in a school of the same religious entity. The
schools of the religious entity need to be either both in Malta or else both in Gozo.
Since the Archbishop’s Seminary and the Sacred Heart College are schools of the same religious
entity, girls whose brothers attend The Archbishop’s Seminary may be registered at the Sacred Heart
College and vice versa, boys whose sisters attend the Sacred Heart College may be registered at The
Archbishop’s Seminary.
This is not applicable to the siblings of Sixth Form students at St. Aloysius College Birkirkara.
In a school for girls only, the Siblings Criterion will not apply if the applicant is a boy, and vice-versa.
In this case, the applicant may apply under the Other Applicants Criterion (Paragraph 3).
Eligible for this criterion:
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Siblings, from the same parents / custodians and who are residing in the same house and form part of the same
family.
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Siblings, who although have common parents / custodians do not live in the same house or family but spend at
least 20 hours a week together. For the application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant
documents and a declaration under oath taken in front of a notary, made by both parents / custodians, indicating
the number of hours the children live together in the same house.
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Siblings, who have one common parent / custodian and spend at least 20 hours a week together. For the
application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant documents and a declaration under oath
taken in front of a notary, made by the people who have the care and custody of the children, indicating
the number of hours the children live together in the same house.
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Children who are being brought up by the same adults together and are living in the same house and
family. For the application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant documents and a declaration
under oath taken in front of a notary, stating that the adults are taking care of the children together and
indicating the reasonable cause for this situation. In these cases, the Admissions Board will determine
if the reasonable cause presented is justified or not.
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Children who are adopted or in foster care and are living with a family who have other children
attending a church school. Adopted or fostered children are considered siblings to the children of the
family they live with. For the application to be considered one needs to submit the Certificate from the
competent agency that indicates that the child is adopted or is fostered within the family.
Application for Criterion 1ċ serves also as an application for Criterion 3, therefore there is no need for another application to be submitted. This does not apply if applying under Criterion 1f or 1ġ.
Criterion 1d – Transfers
Children attending a Church School who wish to be transferred to another Church School of the same religious entity.
This applied for:
- Kinder 2 between St. Angela schools and between St. Francis (Malta) schools;
- Year 1 between St. Dorothy Sliema and Ħaż-Żebbuġ schools; between St. Joseph Blata l-Bajda, Sliema and Paola Schools; and between St. Monica Mosta and Birkirkara when the parent / custodian is employed at St. Monica Birkirkara or when the sibling already attends or will be attending during the next scholastic year at St. Monica Birkirkara;
- Form 1 between De la Salle and Stella Maris College Gżira, and between St Joseph Sliema and Blata l-Bajda and between St Joseph Paola when the parent / custodian is employed in Joseph Sliema and Blata l-Bajda and when the sibling attends Joseph Sliema and Blata l Bajda.
Application for Criterion 1d serves also as an application for Criterion 3, therefore there is no need for another application to be submitted. This does not apply if applying under Criterion 1f or 1ġ.
Criterion 1e – Exemption from Regular Attendance
The admission of children who were exempted from attending the Church School they were registered in as their parents were going to be abroad for a serious reason. These children attend the school chosen during the process of entry of the previous year.
Criterion 1f – Schools without Continuity
Students attending Church Schools without Continuity in Kinder 2 or Year 6.
Criterion 1ġ – Children of Church School Employees who cannot attend the same school
Children of Church School Employees or Employees of the Secretariat for Catholic Education who cannot attend the same school where the parent / custodian works. This Criterion does not apply in Kinder 1 and for Boys in Kinder 2.
The parent / custodian should at least have been in post for one year from the beginning of the next scholastic year and has to still be full-time employed with a Church School at the beginning of the next scholastic year. This includes full-time employees who are on reduced hours temporarily and will return to full-time employment. This is not applicable to those employed long-term on Full-Time Reduced Hours.
For children of employees in another school one is to choose if to apply under Criterion 1ġ and participate in the Choice of School Ballot but with restricted choice of schools, or apply under Criterion 3 Other Applicants and take part in the Participation Ballot. If the latter proceed to the Choice of School Ballot, they would make their choice by rank order from all the schools.
For more information kindly refer to the Regulations for each year of entry.
Criterion 1h – Applicants who did not apply in the stipulated time
Applicants who are eligible to apply under criteria 1a – 1d who did not apply in the stipulated time may apply under criterion 1h on the same dates of “Other Applicants” (paragraph 10).
There will be 10 mainstream places reserved for this criterion. 1h criterion applicants will be registered at the school they were eligible for if places are still available. Should there be more than 10 applicants for this criterion, a ballot is held amongst them and the first 10 in rank will be enrolled in the school they were eligible for.
Those who are not registered through this ballot, will participate in the participation ballot as “Other Applicants”. However, they will also be placed on the waiting list for the school they were eligible for before those who are in the general waiting list, as indicated in paragraph 1.6.
If the places reserved for criterion 1h are not utilised all, these will be added to the total places available for the ballot of “Other Applicants”.
For more information kindly refer to the Regulations for each year of entry.
Criterion 1h – Applicants who did not apply in the stipulated time
The Criterion for those who did not apply in the stipulated time and apply on the same dates of “Other Applicants” will be applied only if circumstances permit.
At the end of January, a circular will be published announcing the places allocated for the First Criterion. This will inform whether there are any available places for applications under Criterion 1h and Criterion 3 “Other Applicants.”
The available places will first be offered to those under Criterion 1h at the school for which they are eligible. If there aren’t enough places left for all applicants under this criterion, a ballot is held amongst them to fill the available places.
If there are enough available places for all applicants under Criterion 1h, but not for those applying under Criterion 3, a ballot is held amongst the latter applicants.
For more information refer to the Serious Cases Regulations.
Criterion 3 – Other Applicants
Other Applicants choose according to the ballot result. Amongst these applicants there may be siblings who are applying for the same year (ex. twins) or in other admission years. It is necessary to indicate the sibling and the year s/he is applying for. In the absence of such information the application will not be treated as 3.1 Sibling Criterion.
Serious Cases – Children from Church Homes
Children residing in Church Homes, falling under the responsibility of the Director of the same Church Home.
Click here to download the Declaration for Children in a Church Home to be filled in and signed by the Director of the same Home. Scan and upload this declaration as indicated.
Serious Cases – Employee’s Children in the same school
Church School Employees or Employees of the Secretariat for Catholic Education may register their children in the same school where the parent / custodian works, or in a school of the same religious entity. The Archbishop’s Seminary and the Sacred Heart College are schools of the same religious entity.
The parent / custodian should have been employed full-time, latest, during the first part of the scholastic year prior to the scholastic year of admission and has to still be full-time employed with a church school at the beginning of the scholastic year of admission. This includes full-time employees who are on reduced hours temporarily and will return to full-time employment. This is not applicable to those employed long-term on Full-Time Reduced Hours.
Serious Cases – Siblings in the same Church School
Children whose siblings are attending a Church School during scholastic year 2024-2025 may
be registered in the same school as their sibling/s or in a school of the same religious entity. The
schools of the religious entity need to be either both in Malta or else both in Gozo.
Since the Archbishop’s Seminary and the Sacred Heart College are schools of the same religious
entity, girls whose brothers attend The Archbishop’s Seminary may be registered at the Sacred Heart
College and vice versa, boys whose sisters attend the Sacred Heart College may be registered at The
Archbishop’s Seminary.
This is not applicable to the siblings of Sixth Form students at St. Aloysius College Birkirkara.
In a school for girls only, the Siblings Criterion will not apply if the applicant is a boy, and vice-versa.
In this case, the applicant may apply under the Other Applicants Criterion (Paragraph 3).
Eligible for this criterion:
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Siblings, from the same parents / custodians and who are residing in the same house and form part of the same
family.
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Siblings, who although have common parents / custodians do not live in the same house or family but spend at
least 20 hours a week together. For the application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant
documents and a declaration under oath taken in front of a notary, made by both parents / custodians, indicating
the number of hours the children live together in the same house.
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Siblings, who have one common parent / custodian and spend at least 20 hours a week together. For the
application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant documents and a declaration under oath
taken in front of a notary, made by the people who have the care and custody of the children, indicating
the number of hours the children live together in the same house.
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Children who are being brought up by the same adults together and are living in the same house and
family. For the application to be considered, one needs to submit relevant documents and a declaration
under oath taken in front of a notary, stating that the adults are taking care of the children together and
indicating the reasonable cause for this situation. In these cases, the Admissions Board will determine
if the reasonable cause presented is justified or not.
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Children who are adopted or in foster care and are living with a family who have other children
attending a church school. Adopted or fostered children are considered siblings to the children of the
family they live with. For the application to be considered one needs to submit the Certificate from the
competent agency that indicates that the child is adopted or is fostered within the family.
Serious Cases – Transfers
Children attending a Church School who wish to be transferred to another Church School of the same religious entity.
This applied for:
- Kinder 2 between St. Angela schools and between St. Francis (Malta) schools;
- Year 1 between St. Dorothy Sliema and Ħaż-Żebbuġ schools; between St. Joseph Blata l-Bajda, Sliema and Paola Schools; and between St. Monica Mosta and Birkirkara when the parent / custodian is employed at St. Monica Birkirkara or when the sibling already attends or will be attending during the next scholastic year at St. Monica Birkirkara;
- Form 1 between De la Salle and Stella Maris College Gżira, and between St Joseph Sliema and Blata l-Bajda and between St Joseph Paola when the parent / custodian is employed in Joseph Sliema and Blata l-Bajda and when the sibling attends Joseph Sliema and Blata l Bajda.
Serious Cases – Exemption from Regular Attendance
The admission of children who were exempted from attending the Church School they were registered in as their parents were going to be abroad for a serious reason. These children attend the school chosen during the process of entry of the previous year.
Serious Cases – Schools without Continuity
Students attending Church Schools without Continuity in Kinder 2 or Year 6.
Serious Cases – Employee’s Children in another school
Children of Church School Employees or Employees of the Secretariat for Catholic Education who cannot attend the same school where the parent / custodian works. This Criterion does not apply in Kinder 1 and for Boys in Kinder 2.
The parent /custodian should at least have been in post for one year from the beginning of the next scholastic year and has to still be full-time employed with a Church School at the beginning of the next scholastic year. This includes full-time employees who are on reduced hours temporarily and will return to full-time employment. This is not applicable to those employed long-term on Full-Time Reduced Hours.
For children of employees in another school one is to choose if to apply under Criterion 1ġ and participate in the Choice of School Ballot but with restricted choice of schools, or apply under Criterion 3 Other Applicants and take part in the Participation Ballot. If the latter proceed to the Choice of School Ballot, they would make their choice by rank order from all the schools.
For more information kindly refer to the Regulations for each year of entry.
Social Cases of children under Care Order living in the same Residential Home
Social Cases of children under Care Order living in the same Residential Home and one of them attending a Church School.
For more information, kindly refer to Serious Cases Regulations 1.10
Click here to download the declaration that must be filled in and signed by the Residential Home Director. Scan and upload this declaration as indicated.
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The available places for applicants in Form 1 for applicants with the support of Full-Time One to One and for those undergoing the process at CDAU or a psychologist have been filled by the first criteria applications.
Therefore, we will not be able to accept any applications for Form 1 from applicants with the support of Full-Time One to One and for those undergoing the process at CDAU or a psychologist.
We will ONLY accept applications from applicants who have the support of Shared Same Class or Shared Particular Lessons as well as for Revision of Statement for the removal of L.S.E (see Serious Cases Regulations Para. 1.3) for Form 1.
Applications for Social Cases will be accepted too.
The available places for applicants in Form 1 for applicants with the support of Full-Time One to One and for those undergoing the process at CDAU or a psychologist have been filled by the first criteria applications.
Therefore, we will not be able to accept any applications for Form 1 from applicants with the support of Full-Time One to One and for those undergoing the process at CDAU or a psychologist.
We will ONLY accept applications from applicants who have the support of Shared Same Class or Shared Particular Lessons as well as for Revision of Statement for the removal of L.S.E (see Serious Cases Regulations Para. 1.3) for Form 1.
Applications for Social Cases will be accepted too.
The available places for applicants in Form 1 under serious cases with the support of an L.S.E have been filled by the first criteria applications.
Therefore, we will not be able to accept any applications for Form 1 under serious cases
Applications for Revision of Statement for the removal of L.S.E (see Regulations Para. 1.3) will be accepted for Form 1.
Applications for Social Cases will also be accepted for Form 1.
The available places for applicants in Form 1 under serious cases with the support of an L.S.E have been filled by the first criteria applications.
Therefore, we will not be able to accept any applications for Form 1 under serious cases
Applications for Revision of Statement for the removal of L.S.E (see Regulations Para. 1.3) will be accepted for Form 1.
Applications for Social Cases will also be accepted for Form 1.
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Social Cases
Children under Care Order fall in this category. Children who are under Care Order and live in
the same house with other children under Care Order who attend a Church school may apply for the same Church school, if there are available places (see Serious Cases Regulations paragraph 1.10).
Social Cases applicants can be mainstream or with the support of an L.S.E. Therefore, they will be considered according to their condition.
This category does not cover cases which are presented with only one of the following reasons: children of unmarried mothers; separation in marriage; adoption; fostering. Also see Criteria 1ċ regarding adopted and fostered children.
- Applicants that are applying for a statment and/or have an educational psychologist’s report should submit these documents with this application.
- When an applicant already has a statement of needs and is supported by an L.S.E. but has registered progress and the parents, the school and the educational psychologist deem that s / he may advance without the assistance of an LSE and have submitted a request to the Statementing Moderating Panel Board for the removal of the L.S.E. by the 31st October 2024, the applicant initially needs to apply as mainstream and needs to present the request for the removal of the L.S.E. and other relevant documents. The Admissions Board will determine if the application is to proceed in mainstream or as a serious case.
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As an applicant who has a Revison of Statement for the Removal of the LSE which was carried out by the 31st October 2024, you should apply as mainstream (ie. not Serious Case). We kindly ask you to restart your application for it to be valid. Thank you.
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Children who are in Kinder 2 in a Church School without Continuity and who have already applied for a statement of needs with the Statementing Moderating Panel Board by the date of application need to apply as Serious Cases.
Children who are in Year 6 in a Church School without Continuity and by application date have started or are going to start the process at the Statementing Moderating Panel Board or at C.D.A.U., or have or are going to have a certificate from an educational psychologist or similar, which could lead to the support of an LSE or similar, need to apply as Serious Cases.
The Board will consider requests for age exemption in the light of specific reasons, including cases where applicants would have repeated a year. These requests, together with relevant documents and other information requested by the Board, are to be addressed in writing to the Church Schools Admissions Board, Secretariat for Catholic Education, 30, Binja Josmar, Idmejda Street, Ħal Balzan BZN1521, or via
[email protected], not later than fifteen days from application dates.
In your own words, kindly give a reason why you are applying as Serious/Social Case.
APPLICANT'S DETAILS
Scan the original Birth Certificate.
Scan the original Baptism Certificate.
The choice of school will be limited to the following:
- St Angela Schools
- St Monica Schools
- Sacred Heart College
- St Augustine College
- St Francis Schools
- Theresa Nuzzo Schools
- St Aloysius College
- St Albert the Great College
- St Dorothy Schools
- St Joseph Schools
- St Jeanne Antide College
- De la Salle College
- St Benild
- Our Lady Immaculate, Ħamrun
- Stella Maris College, Gzira
- St Elias College
- St Michael
- Archbishop’s Seminary
The choice of school will be limited to the following:
- St Monica Schools
- St Francis Schools
- Theresa Nuzzo Schools
- St Aloysius College
- St Albert the Great College
- St Joseph Schools
- St Jeanne Antide College
- De la Salle College
- St Benild
- Stella Maris College, Gzira
- St Elias College
- St Michael
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Kindly use this format 0000000X, add ‘0’s in front of the ID card number if the ID card is shorter than 7 numbers (ex. if ID card is 2311L fill in 0002311L)
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This application is for Church Schools in Malta. To apply for Church Schools in Gozo, kindly click here.All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
Click here to download the declaration that has to be filled in, scanned and uploaded here.
If you have not submitted a request for the removal of the L.S.E by the 31st October 2024, you should apply as a Serious Case.
Kindly apply as a Serious Case.
The Declaration for Educational Programme is not necessary for Kinder 1This applies only to applicants without the support of an LSE.
Provide the details of the siblings attending the same Church School or a Church School of the same religious entitiy that you would like to apply for.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
The provided information will be verfied with the School and the Secretariat accordingly.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
Choose the same school or a school of the same religious entity according to the school where the parent / custodian works.
Agħżel l-istess skola jew skola tal-istess entità reliġjuża li fiha jattendu l-aħwa.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
All information provided will be verified with the School.
The applicant will be eligible for the same Church School, should there be a vacant place.
Scan the original birth certificate.
Scan the ID cards from the front and back.
In the case of applications accordin to paragraphs 1ċ ii, iii an iv, recent documents which indicate the custody and the educational responsibility of the siblings are required
In the case of adopted or fostered children, a certificate from the Agency indicating the adoption or fostering is necessary.
According to regulations 4.1 and 4.2, those who have already applied under the Employee Criterion (1b), the Siblings Criterion (1ċ) and the Transfer Criterion (1d), already have their application for the 3rd Criterion (Other Applicants) and therefore THERE IS NO NEED TO RE-APPLY.
According to regulations 4.1 and 4.2, those who have already applied under the Employee Criterion (1b), the Siblings Criterion (1ċ) and the Transfer Criterion (1d), already have their application for the 3rd Criterion (Other Applicants) and therefore THERE IS NO NEED TO RE-APPLY.
According to regulations 4.1 and 4.2, those who have already applied under the Employee Criterion (1b), the Siblings Criterion (1ċ) and the Transfer Criterion (1d), already have their application for the 3rd Criterion (Other Applicants) and therefore THERE IS NO NEED TO RE-APPLY.
OTHER DETAILS
Click here to download the declaration to be filled, scanned and uploaded here.
Click here to download the declaration to be filled, scanned and uploaded here.
Details are to be provided for other siblings applying this year. See paragraph 3.1 of the Regulations.
If your have the other sibling/s application number/s please write them down here.
The application is invalidated if one of the parents / custodians disagrees or is not informed by the other party about the application and has not given his/ her consent to proceed.
The filling of the application by one parent / custodian, or a representative of the parents / custodians, indicates that the parents / custodians are in agreement about the application.
The application is invalidated if one of the parents / custodians disagrees or is not informed by the other party about the application and has not given his/ her consent to proceed.
I consent to this application.
I consent to this application.
In the case of applications according to paragraphs 1ċ ii, iii and iv.
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