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A Unique School Day: Staff from 10 Educate Together Schools Gather to Share Best Practice and Build Virtual Staffrooms

Teachers, school leaders and SNA’s from 10 equality-based Educate Together secondary schools today gathered in Dublin for a unique event in Irish education. The staff came together to pool their …

Dalkey School Project Launch ‘Meet the Kids Behind the Cuts’ Campaign

Dalkey School Project – Ireland’s first Educate Together School – celebrated over 40 years of inclusive education this weekend. In addition to a tree planting ceremony with founders of the …

Educate Together Appoints Emer Nowlan as Chief Executive Officer

Educate Together, Ireland’s equality-based school patron, is today naming Emer Nowlan as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Emer will replace current CEO Paul Rowe in February 2020. A Dublin …

Statement on pay and working conditions for school secretaries

Educate Together acknowledges the pay injustice facing many of the country’s school secretaries and supports the campaign to address and improve pay and working conditions. School secretaries are a valued …

City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together Announce Partnership Agreement In Relation To Two Dublin Schools

City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) and Educate Together (ET) are delighted to announce that they have agreed to work together as Patron Partners under a Model Agreement …

#VoteEducateTogether Campaigns Begin In Dublin, Kildare/Meath and Wicklow

Online Patronage Survey Process Opens in Six Areas DEADLINE FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER Educate Together welcomes news from the Department of Education and Skills that the Online Patronage Process System (OPPS) is …

Statement On Delayed Educate Together School Openings

The Department of Education and Skills (DES) has this week communicated to Educate Together that the openings of four Educate Together primary schools in Dublin are to be deferred as …

Statement On Designated Irish-Medium Schools

Educate Together notes with some surprise today’s announcement by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) that five new primary schools being established from 2020-2022 are to be designated Irish-medium schools. In 2018, the …

Educate Together Opens 12 New Schools – All Housed in Temporary Facilities 

2019 is proving to be a record year of growth for Educate Together as seven new national schools, four new second-level schools and one new 'divestment' national school open their …

Educate Together to Apply for Six Newly Announced Second-level Schools

#VoteEducateTogether Educate Together has announced its intention to apply for six new second-level schools to open in 2020: Dublin 15: Blanchardstown_West_D15 & BlanchardstownVillage_D15 school planning areas Goatstown: Goatstown_Stillorgan_Dun Laoghaire Rathdown …