26th January 2017 - Recent survey reveals that Ireland’s primary schools are still struggling to make ends meet
The Annual Conference of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) will hear that almost half of Ireland’s primary schools are locked in the grip of a financial crisis with voluntary contributions being sought to fund basic utilities such as water, heat and lighting.
26th January 2017 - Primary Principals divided on future of Religion in Schools
As the Education (Admissions to School) Bill makes its way through the Oireachtas, promising to abolish school admission waiting lists and limit Catholic schools from exclusively selecting children who have been baptised, the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) has surveyed its membership on the format and shape that the teaching of religion should take in primary schools in to the future.
26th January 2017 - Increased funding and regulation of Early Years Education is paying dividends, say Primary Principals
Early Years Education in Ireland was put on a more regulated platform during the first decade of the millennium when the quality frameworks of Siolta and Aistear were introduced. This was followed by the free ECCE year in 2010. However, no formal analysis of the impact of these measures on the transitioning of preschool children to primary school has ever been carried out to date.
