An Educate Together National School principal in Carrigaline, Co Cork, says hours are likely to be cut for her pupils under the new Special Education Teaching allocation model
The measure of how many students make it to third level, and whether that advance is to a college or university, tells very little about the quality of education from a school, or the overall fairness of the system.
Despite the non-denominational school patron opening more than 50 new schools in the past 10 years, large pockets of the country do not have access to schools outside a religious ethos
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