Reconfiguration: Changing your school’s patronage to Educate Together
The Irish Government has committed to expanding the provision of multi-denominational education in Ireland through the Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity programme.
The results from the National Primary School Survey will inform the Department of Education and Youth and school communities if parents have a preference for multi-denominational patronage. This is an opportunity for Educate Together to bring equality-based education and real school choice to more communities around Ireland. Educate Together has more than 45 years’ experience of opening, transferring and supporting inclusive, equality-based primary schools.
St Mary’s Primary School transfers patronage to become Paradise Place ETNS
In 2024, St Mary’s Primary School transferred from Catholic patronage to Educate Together patronage, becoming Paradise Place ETNS. Learn more about the school’s experience of reconfiguration in this Irish Times article.
Photo (from back left): Sandra Irwin Gowran, Head of Education and Development, Educate Together; Principal Eadaoin Kelly, St Mary’s Primary School; Dr Emer Nowlan, CEO Educate Together; Adrienne Flynn, Head of Services, Educate Together; Fr Paul Churchill, outgoing chairperson, board of management; with children from the school.
The Educate Together reconfiguration processes are:
Flip through the Educate Together Reconfiguration Information Pack for schools considering patronage transfer. This contains all the information you will need to understand how an Educate Together reconfiguration journey works, from start to finish.