Principal's News
Weekly Update June 22nd-26th 2026
HAVE YOUR SAY PRIMARY SCHOOL SURVEY We are writing to update you on the Department of Education and Youth’s Primary School Survey. This survey was carried out to understand the types of schools that parents and guardians prefer. Over 200,000 parents and guardians took part nationwide. We are now sharing our school’s survey results with you for your information and we would welcome any feedback you may have on the results.
Co-educational or single-sex provision: 76% Co-educational preference. 24% Single sex provision.
Patronage/ethos: 54% Denominational (religious patron.) 46% multi denominational (non-religious) patron.
Language of instruction (English or Irish) 85% English. 15% Irish.
The Board of Management will now review the survey results and think about what they mean for our school. As part of this, we want to make sure that parents/guardians, students, staff, and the wider school community can share their views with us. Once
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