Covid: Special school staff should have vaccine priority, says teachers’ group
Special school teachers are equivalent to frontline health staff, says Irish Primary Principals’ Network
‘If a teenager says they don’t want to go to school – what do you do?’
There is an increase in children refusing to attend school but ‘there is no standard solution’
Bruton says failure to integrate in schools can damage social stability
Boards to be told to take over community national school patronage from next week
Primary principals reveal plan for small rural schools
Organisation says proposals will guarantee that existing school buildings remain open
Primary teachers vote to accept Lansdowne Road pay deal
INTO ballot carried by 65% to 35% but other teacher unions set to oppose agreement
Half of principals work 25-hour week during school holidays
Study carried out for IPPN identifies ‘sheer quantity of work’ as biggest source of stress
Minister says data watchdog ‘fully satisfied’ with pupil database plan
Jan O’Sullivan insists primary school data will only be accessed by a small number of people
‘Voluntary’ school contributions over €250, survey finds
Primary level heating bills being paid by parents in certain cases, principals’ group says
Poor response from schools to ‘social context’ survey
Principals express concern over plan to use data to allocate resources for special needs
Number of one-teacher schools set to rise from eight to 60 as cuts bite
Oireachtas committee hears of leadership ‘crisis’ in schools with principals responsible for everything down to ‘fixing the photocopier’
Large class sizes a ‘black mark’ on Ireland’s education record - INTO
Statistics show increase of 8,500 primary pupils in classes of 30-plus pupils in 2012/13
Budget cuts would prove ‘catastrophic’ for primary schools
Statistics show almost a quarter of primary school children in classes of 30 or more
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