Newpark Academy of Music: Campaign group pushes to save facility with Booterstown move
Audited accounts for Co Dublin academy, closed due to financial unsustainability, show modest €18,413 deficit for 2023
Audited accounts for Co Dublin academy, closed due to financial unsustainability, show modest €18,413 deficit for 2023
Family claims lack of access to an appropriate education placement for school year commencing in September amounts to a breach of the boy’s rights to an adequate education
Initiative comes as primary and secondary schools struggle to find qualified teachers
Staff and students confused and surprised at board’s abrupt decision
All children have a diagnosis of autism and require either a special class or special school placement in order to meet their assessed needs.
One-third of post-primary students feel it is not safe to express themselves fully in school
Students familiar with past papers should feel confident in their performance,
Senior cycle reforms will require physics, chemistry and biology students to complete science investigations worth 40% of marks
Newpark Academy of Music ceased trading in May without notice
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
Any income from renting premises will not affect schools’ State grants, capitation fees or other public funding
More than 100,000 students are completing day six of the State exams
All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed
Almost 90 per cent of the 3,600 primary schools in the State remain Catholic in ethos
About 120 schools to get 1,000 additional hours after flagging inadequate support for vulnerable pupils
The report by Mary O’Toole SC into allegations of abuse at Blackrock College and other schools has been delivered to Minister for Education Norma Foley on Friday
Schools cutting back on learning resources and increasing requests for parent contributions to bridge gaps
Many primary schools say they are relying on cash reserves to cover basic running costs
The English exam can only be successfully approached with critical thinking. Learning off an essay is a waste of time
There used to be more than 20 mandatory student practicals in the science subjects but in the new specification there are just 10 to 12 experiments
Richard Boyd Barrett appeals for Minister to urgently intervene, citing Government pledge to give access to music to all young people and students
Grades will begin to return towards more normal patterns from next year
Irish schools good at educating ‘average student’. That will not be good enough in future, says Andreas Schleicher
Norma Foley says Government will consider legislation if required to help protect children at primary school
Ombudsman for Children’s Office finds ‘notable increase in complexity’ of complaints cases
Guidance counsellors say anxiety issues and lack of sleep mean more students are not attending classes
Strategy says young learners need enhanced skills to help navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected world
Initiative covers primary pupils and will extend to Junior Cycle students in September
There are risk with the use of AI in education, but it also has huge potential to improve teaching and learning
Reliance on parental contributions of €30m a year to avoid deficits ‘degrading’ for schools and families
Board of management says the school lacks the expertise and access to supports required to meet the child’s needs
St Joseph of Cluny in Killiney, Co Dublin, says changes are driven by rising parental demand for coeducational schooling
In the early days of the State about half of second-level teachers were unqualified to teach their subjects. How much has really changed?
Advocates of Irish-medium education criticise Department of Education over second-level shortage
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