“Children with additional needs are being utterly let down”

Niamh Neville, parent of a student in Firhouse ETNS, gives a parent's perspective on the consequences of inadequate Additional Needs Provision.   Additional Needs Provision is one of the key issues …

General Election 2020 – what’s in the party manifestos?

At the start of the election season, Educate Together launched an awareness campaign – Treating All  Children Equally - highlighting key issues facing our network of schools and the wider education system in Ireland:  school …

“I know we have some of the absolute best educators in the world in our system. But we need support.” 

Following on from his much-shared Twitter thread , in this piece, Neil Butler, a maths teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator at North Wicklow ETSS, outlines the chronic underfunding of …

‘We hope for news soon’

Aoife Mahon, Principal of New Ross Educate Together National School, describes her experience of the divestment process. In 2012 the Forum for Patronage and Pluralism recommended that schools with religious patrons should ‘divest’ …

“Action is needed on school accommodation”

Donal Evoy, Deputy Principal of ETSS Wicklow, describes how opening a secondary school in temporary accommodation can impact the delivery of a full curriculum and calls for action from Wicklow's …

“We were telling them they were not worth more”

This is a piece written by Trina Golden, Principal of Ennis Educate Together National School to highlight the accommodation issues facing so many school communities.  School accommodation is one of …

Treating all children equally: economic inequality in education

All children should benefit from our education system regardless of socio-economic background. Schools should be properly funded by the State.  Child poverty rates in Ireland doubled during the recession years. Today …

Treating all children equally: school accommodation

All children deserve to learn in a place that is safe, warm and local with adequate space to learn, play and exercise  It is undeniable that poor accommodation is one …

Treating all children equally: additional needs provision

All children with additional needs should have the supports that they need, when they need them  With every announcement of a new Educate Together school – primary or secondary – …