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14 December 202114 December 2021

Educate Together responds to South Kildare school building announcement: families seeking diversity of school choice have been let down

Educate Together has welcomed the announcement of urgently needed plans to expand educational provision in South Kildare, while expressing surprise and disappointment that these plans will not provide an additional option for parents seeking diversity of school choice in …

29 November 202129 November 2021

Educate Together calls for urgent action to meet demand for secondary school places in the South Kildare area

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Educate Together is calling for action in response to parental concerns about access to school places in South Kildare. Parents in South Kildare have been campaigning for a new Educate Together secondary school for the area since …

15 October 202124 November 2021

Introducing Educate Together’s Ethos Quality Framework

Educate Together is delighted to publish its Ethos Quality Framework after a number of years of intense consultation, development, testing and review. The new Ethos Quality Framework: is designed to support schools to evaluate …

27 September 202124 November 2021

Educate Together awarded Education Innovation Fund grant for groundbreaking Nurture Schools project

Educate Together is today delighted to announce that it has been awarded a significant grant and a place on the prestigious Changemaker Programme of Rethink Ireland (previously Social Innovation Fund Ireland). Rethink …

15 September 202115 September 2021

Statement on pay and working conditions for school secretaries and caretakers

Educate Together welcomes the progress reported this week that the pay and conditions of school secretaries are to be improved. Educate Together also welcomes the news that a similar arrangement …

8 September 20218 September 2021

Educate Together CEO welcomes COVID supports, but says it is not enough for developing schools

Educate Together has welcomed the announcement today of additional supports for schools to address the impact of Covid on students. However, issues with the model of allocation, as announced, could …

1 September 20211 September 2021

New Educate Together second-level schools in Wexford and Dublin open their doors this week

[gallery size="large" link="file" columns="2" ids="7913,7915" orderby="rand"] Two new Educate Together (second-level) schools opened their doors this week, widening access to equality-based education in communities in Wexford and Dublin. The new …

31 August 20213 September 2021

Statement on Sallynoggin_Killiney ETNS

"We have made the difficult decision, along with our patron Educate Together, to postpone opening of our new school until September 2022. While a significant number of students were initially …

18 August 202118 August 2021

Educate Together appoints Saoirse McLave and Vera Shanahan to national office roles

Educate Together has appointed Saoirse McLave as the national office's new Administration Assistant and has appointed Vera Shanahan as the organisation’s new Education Officer (Primary). [gallery ids="7887,7879"] Prior to her …

10 August 202110 August 2021

John Maddock appointed Deputy Principal of Educate Together Secondary School Wicklow

Educate Together Secondary School Wicklow (ETSS Wicklow*) is delighted to announce the appointment of John Maddock as the school's new Deputy Principal. John has a distinguished academic background, graduating from …