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Published: 03 January 2023

Webinar: Leading from the Middle – Podcast Launch

Published: 07 November 2022

In conjunction with the Church of Ireland Centre, DCU & IPPN will focus on school leaders of small schools telling their stories of ‘leading from the middle’, reflecting the realities of their multiple roles, relationships in their schools, concern for the children in their care and pride in their small school and wider community. The webinar will take place on Wednesday 9 November at 7.00pm

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IPPN Update on AON process

Published: 28 October 2022

On Thursday, 27th October, IPPN, along with the other partners in education at both primary and second level, attended a meeting with the DE and the NCSE.

The purpose of the meeting was to surface the issues which have arisen in schools around the AON process and to work to resolve these issues. The frustrations and concerns of schools, and school leaders in particular, relating to the AON process, were clearly articulated to the DE and NCSE. Some progress was made and clarity was received on a number of issues that school leaders have raised.

Assessment of Need - 26 October 2022

Published: 26 October 2022

NCSE IPPN notes the issuing of Information Note SE 0002/2022 relating to the Assessment of Needs process and is calling for clarification to be provided in relation to a number of issues that arise.

Assessment of Need is a statutory process and every child has a right to an assessment of their needs being undertaken in keeping with the legislation. Schools have always had the opportunity to contribute to the AON process, however, there was no legal requirement to do so as those parts of the EPSEN Act had not been commenced.

The High Court ruled in June 2021 that there is a legal requirement on the education system to provide an assessment of education needs as part of the Assessment of Need Process. It is the responsibility of the NCSE to nominate an appropriate person/s to carry out the assessment of educational needs.