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School

Education

Special Needs Assistants who lose positions in a school to benefit from redeployment scheme

24 Apr

29.5k

childhood obesity

Hot school meals: How can we do better for the children in Irish schools?

Dr Catherine Conlon

13 Apr

10.7k

SCHOOL MEALS

Parenting: The pearl clutching over hot school lunches is a bit much — at least they're eating

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr

11.3k

Youth Mental Health

Opinion: School Avoidance is a crisis - here's how we can support children back into education

Marian Quinn

4 Apr

6.3k

The Daily Poll

Should the Leaving Cert have fewer traditional written exams?

20 Mar

14.3k

Chin Wag

Oral exam in English on the cards for Leaving Cert students

19 Mar

17.1k

Education

McEntee says 'her intention' is that all children with additional needs will be offered a school place in September

13 Feb

12.8k

Phone Ban

Banning phones at school does not improve grades or mental health, says new UK study

5 Feb

6.1k

Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit

Margaret Lynch

Updated 30 Sep 2024

16.3k

School

The Leaving Cert is getting two new subjects: Climate Action and Drama, Theatre and Film Studies

2 Sep 2024

16.7k

The Morning Lead

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.

29 Aug 2024

63.7k

Back To School

Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little

Margaret Lynch

24 Aug 2024

15.4k

School

Therapist: Feeling burnt out as a parent this summer? Some tips for self care

Bethan O’Riordan

17 Aug 2024

8.2k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should single-sex schools be phased out?

13 Aug 2024

39.8k

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end of school

The Irish For: Debs season – the making of a very Irish tradition

Darach Ó Séaghdha

6 Aug 2024

11.9k

Back To School

‘A small fortune’: Barnardos calls for all schools to introduce affordable uniform options

31 Jul 2024

7.6k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Would you switch to a 'dumbphone'?

9 Jul 2024

34.2k

Back to School Allowance

Back to School Allowance to be paid out to over 126,000 families this week

8 Jul 2024

16.1k

Schools

Almost one-third of students feel they don't belong at school, says new report

19 Jun 2024

10.7k

promises

Calls for Foley to 'press ahead' with parent survey on school patronage promised last September

12 Jun 2024

6.9k

Leaving Cert

Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'

Margaret Lynch

8 Jun 2024

9.9k

State Exams

Record number of Leaving Cert students to sit exams today - starting with English Paper 1

5 Jun 2024

13.5k

Dún Laoghaire

Teacher accused of historical abuse at Dublin school too ill to attend court

14 May 2024

18.5k

Sheffield

Teenager arrested as UK school goes into lockdown after three injured

1 May 2024

18.1k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should single-sex schools be phased out?

30 Apr 2024

27.1k

mixed message

A third of Irish teens go to single-sex schools - but new research shows they don't want to

30 Apr 2024

10.3k

shirt and tie

Parenting: Can we stop the madness of uncomfortable and costly school uniforms?

Margaret Lynch

30 Mar 2024

16.3k

anxious child

School refusal: Some strategies for parents dealing with this growing issue

Bronagh Starrs

12 Mar 2024

19.6k

seclusion and restraint

‘Rugby tackled’: New survey shows 27% of children with disabilities have been restrained at school

21 Feb 2024

9.5k

Dún Laoghaire

Man in his 70s charged with 23 counts of historical assault at south Dublin school

19 Feb 2024

27.9k

time to rethink

Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it

Jennifer Whitmore

12 Feb 2024

8.1k

FactCheck

Debunked: Fake News site spreads baseless claim of a second stabbing at a school in Ballymun

24 Nov 2023

23.4k

Join The Party

Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'

Margaret Lynch

21 Oct 2023

20.5k

The Morning Lead

Schools are removing outer doors on bathrooms to crack down on students vaping

21 Oct 2023

31.8k

memory games

Eamon Ryan says school exam system 'not serving our purposes'

23 Sep 2023

12.1k

Bus Eireann

Bus Éireann stands over ban on over-70s school bus drivers amid shortage

6 Sep 2023

25.2k

Results Day

Leaving Cert results: Grades adjusted upwards again due to pandemic disruption for students

Updated 25 Aug 2023

29.9k

Growing Up

Pandemic had no impact on the 'vast majority' of 13-year-olds' transition to secondary school

10 Jul 2023

12.6k

Ukraine

There were over 15,600 Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at end of school year

10 Jul 2023

12.1k

Opinion

Parenting: No more school lunches to be made? Praise be!

Margaret Lynch

Updated 1 Jul 2023

31.8k

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