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School

This week
6th April 2025 - 12th April 2025
Parenting: The pearl clutching over hot school lunches is a bit much — at least they're eating
Margaret Lynch
Last week
30th March 2025 - 12th April 2025
Opinion: School Avoidance is a crisis - here's how we can support children back into education
Marian Quinn
Last month
March 2025
Should the Leaving Cert have fewer traditional written exams?
Oral exam in English on the cards for Leaving Cert students
This year
2025
McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September
Banning phones at school does not improve grades or mental health, says new UK study
Last year
2024
Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit
Margaret Lynch
The Leaving Cert is getting two new subjects: Climate Action and Drama, Theatre and Film Studies
Dublin school intervenes after child with 'signs of trauma' is moved to Tipperary Ipas centre
The young girl was due to enter 2nd class but she and her mother were transferred to Dundrum House earlier this month unexpectedly.
Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little
Margaret Lynch
Therapist: Feeling burnt out as a parent this summer? Some tips for self care
Bethan O’Riordan
Poll: Should single-sex schools be phased out?
The Irish For: Debs season – the making of a very Irish tradition
Darach Ó Séaghdha
‘A small fortune’: Barnardos calls for all schools to introduce affordable uniform options
Poll: Would you switch to a 'dumbphone'?
Back to School Allowance to be paid out to over 126,000 families this week
Almost one-third of students feel they don't belong at school, says new report
Calls for Foley to 'press ahead' with parent survey on school patronage promised last September
Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'
Margaret Lynch
Record number of Leaving Cert students to sit exams today - starting with English Paper 1
Teacher accused of historical abuse at Dublin school too ill to attend court
Teenager arrested as UK school goes into lockdown after three injured
Poll: Should single-sex schools be phased out?
A third of Irish teens go to single-sex schools - but new research shows they don't want to
Parenting: Can we stop the madness of uncomfortable and costly school uniforms?
Margaret Lynch
School refusal: Some strategies for parents dealing with this growing issue
Bronagh Starrs
‘Rugby tackled’: New survey shows 27% of children with disabilities have been restrained at school
Man in his 70s charged with 23 counts of historical assault at south Dublin school
Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it
Jennifer Whitmore
All time
Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun
Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'
Margaret Lynch
Schools are removing outer doors on bathrooms to crack down on students vaping
Eamon Ryan says school exam system 'not serving our purposes'
Bus Éireann stands over ban on over-70s school bus drivers amid shortage
Leaving Cert results: Grades adjusted upwards again due to pandemic disruption for students
Pandemic had no impact on the 'vast majority' of 13-year-olds' transition to secondary school
There were over 15,600 Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at end of school year
Parenting: No more school lunches to be made? Praise be!
Margaret Lynch
Opinion: Young people deserve and need sound guidance on healthy relationships and sex
Ciara Lynch
SNA who resigned after alleged 'miscarriage' remark had 'little faith' in complaints process