Educate Together

Educate Together has welcomed the planned investment of €3.1bn in upgrading and expanding the schools network by 2016 but warns that more will be needed.

As a result of the high level of interest from parents and guardians in Enniscorthy an Educate Together Start-up Group has been established in the area

Educate Together welcomes the recent announcement from Pat Carey T.D., Minister of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.

Educate Together has announced the retirement of Margaret Boucher as the Principal of its school in Waterford

Educate Together has announced the retirement of Kieran Griffin as the Principal of its school in Bray, Co Wicklow

Castleknock Educate Together today welcomed Cllr Ciaran Byrne, Mayor of Fingal, to officiate at the opening of the school’s new Sensory Garden.

Castaheany ETNS today (June 17) officially raised its recently awarded Yellow Flag for Interculturalism and a Green Environmental Awareness Flag

Hundreds of children took part in the official opening of the new Dublin 7 Educate Together School on Fitzwilliam Place North.

Trim Educate Together are holding a public launch of a pre-enrolment list for a proposed new Educate Together school.
Trim Castle Hotel
Saturday 12th June 2010
10am to 12 noon

Interested in finding out about our plans for a new primary school in Ballinteer/Sandyford?
Bewley’s Hotel, Leopardstown,
7.30pm Tuesday,
June 15 ^th 2010

Educate Together has called on the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the need for new schools in 43 areas nationwide.

The DES has indicated that patronage of the proposed new second-level school in Lucan has been placed under review.

Educate Together, the national education patron, has launched an ambitious €5m plan to double the supply of multi-denominational primary schools nationwide by 2014.

For immediate release, 16 February 2010
Educate Together welcomes the Department of Education and Science’s sanctioning of a new Educate Together school for Holywell Swords this September. The school is one of seven that will be opened in 2010, two of which will be managed by Educate Together.
The selection of Swords ...read more »

For immediate release, 16 February 2010
Educate Together welcomes the Department of Education and Science’s sanctioning of a new Educate Together school for Portlaoise this September. The school is one of seven that will be opened in 2010, two of which will be managed by Educate Together.
The selection of Portlaoise is ...read more »

For immediate release, 15 February 2010
Educate Together the national primary school organization is calling for equality of status between multi-denominational and other faith development programmes taught in national teacher training colleges.
Multi-denominational schools are the fastest growing education sector in Ireland yet training resources for their ethos accounts for only 0.0016% ...read more »

For immediate release, 15 February 2010
Educate Together is questioning the decision by the Minister to open three new VEC pilot primary schools in the Department’s Primary Provision plan for 2010. Seven new schools have been announced, two Educate Together and two Catholic in addition to the VECs.
Paul Rowe, ...read more »

Article submitted to journal of PAI February 10 2010
Educate Together is an educational charity that sets up and manages schools based on a legal commitment to provide “equality of access and esteem to children irrespective of their social, cultural or religious background.”  Established 30 years ago as a number of ...read more »

Madam,
Much comment has been recently made on the issue of school patronage in Ireland. Educate Together welcomes open debate on the issue – archaic historical references and breezy presumptions of our policy aside.
Much use has also been made of the term ‘Parental Choice’ which is cited as a central ...read more »

Educate Together, the national primary school organisation, has welcomed the acknowledgement by Fr Michael Drumm, that parental choice is the key issue in primary education and that ‘there are too many Catholic Schools for the number of Catholics in our state’. A recent Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll reported 61% of ...read more »

The five Educate Together primary schools in the Lucan area will come together in Griffeen Valley ETNS on Monday 21st December for a seasonal celebration of Light and Giving. The event will include a ceremony of lights and a plea for the gift of an Educate Together second-level school for ...read more »

Educate Together Publishes Its Procedures for Operating as a Patron of Schools, A Step Towards Openness,Transparency and Accountability in Irish Education. For Immediate Publication

Primary Management Bodies Issue Joint Statement on Budget Cuts
Unions, Management, Principals and Parents Come Together to Defend Primary School Children
The cuts in front-line services announced in Budget 2009 have enraged many in primary education in Ireland. Today, Primary Management Bodies have come together to call for a thorough rethink of ...read more »

Following representations from local people in Dundalk, Educate Together and Dundalk Educate Together Action Group (DET) are working towards establishing a new multi-denominational primary school.
DET meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7.30pm in the Regional Development Centre, DKIT, all welcome.
For more information please contact Jenni on 087 ...read more »

With over 10,000 pupils now attending it’s 56 primary schools nationwide, Educate Together is working towards opening its first second-level school. Today in Dublin, Professor Áine Hyland has launched Taking the Next Step – a Blueprint for Educate Second-level Schools, saying it is “both visionary and realistic”.
The vision of ...read more »

The 2009 AGM was held in Monkstown Educate Together NS. The motions adopted by the gathering of members will shape the policies adopted by the Board of Directors on their behalf.
We were delighted and honoured to be joined on the day by Brigid McManus, Secretary General of the Department of ...read more »

INCREASING FRUSTRATION LEADS PARENTS TO PETITION MINISTER O’KEEFFE TO FACILITATE EDUCATE TOGETHER’S MOVE TO SECOND-LEVEL

One of the most bizarre and poorly thought-out measures in the education budget is the decision to abolish payments to primary schools for the employment of substitutes when teachers call in sick and ...read more »

In a particularly short-sighted move, the government has decided to try to balance its books by cutting front-line services in primary education. This will damage the educational outcomes of all children in our schools, target the most vulnerable and lead to further disruption and funding difficulties.
Educate Together has joined together ...read more »

Primary Management Bodies Issue Joint Statement on Budget Cuts
Unions, Management, Principals and Parents Come Together to Defend Primary School Children
The cuts in front-line services announced in Budget 2009 have enraged many in primary education in Ireland. Today, Primary Management Bodies have come together to call for a thorough rethink of ...read more »

A general meeting of Educate Together will hear tomorrow about the contribution innovative approaches to learning, values education and relationships can make to their proposed second-level schools.
Áine Hyland, former Professor of Education in UCC and Carmel Mulcahy, Head of Education Studies in DCU will be among those to address a ...read more »

Educate Together wishes to correct the statement made by Michael Moriarty, General Secretary, in his speech to the IVEA Congress at Ballybrit, Co. Galway, September 17.
In this speech he stated:
“IVEA absolutely rejects the assertion of Educate Together that their vision of a model of multidenominational school would (to use words ...read more »

New Schools are opening in state-of-the-art buildings but without the funds to equip them. Start up grants have stayed at their 2000 level of €6248.69. It costs approximately €40,000 to equip a school. Existing schools taking on new classrooms also face additional costs of approximately €10,000 per classroom without DES ...read more »

Congratulations to the Minister for the Success of this Summer’s Building Programme
No Children will be left at the side of the road this year. System building of state-of-the-art accommodation is the way to provide additional school places and is also the answer to sub-standard school buildings in the Irish primary ...read more »

No less than 10 state-of-the-art new school buildings are being handed over to Educate Together today, just two days before schools open next Monday.
These schools, built by the Department of Education’s Rapidly Developing Areas programme have been constructed in an intensive effort over the summer. Some projects have gone from ...read more »

Educate Together News Release 26th January 2008
Parents want respect and balance at second-level
New research from Trinity College Dublin shows high demand for Educate Together second-level schools.
A feasibility study carried out by the the school of Education in Trinity College Dublin indicates strong demand for second-level Educate Together education. The results ...read more »

Motion 1: Business Plan
This AGM approves Educate Together’s Three Year Business Plan and commits the sector to working together to achieve its aims. Proposed by the Board of Directors; motion passed.
Motion 2: Business Plan.
That the Educate Together Business Plan is amended to allow school communities to develop Educate Together ...read more »

Dear Sir/Madam,
In your coverage of the recent INTO conference, your readers may receive the impression that there is no existing model of education in Ireland that addresses the needs for equality and religious diversity in schools.

Educate Together is very proud of this three year plan. The planning process has taken an intensive 9-month period of work involving many people. Having been at the core of this work, I would like to personally thank the Board of Educate Together, the planning team, our consultants, Prospectus and ...read more »