Those with an interest in education and members of wider society have a “once in a generation opportunity” to help shape Ireland’s education system for decades to come.
The Church Education Society was established in 1839 and aims to support Church of Ireland children in primary schools under sole or joint Church of Ireland patronage by making grants available in various ways.
An exciting new video resource for the Follow Me Religious Education programme was launched on Friday, 26th September 2025, at St Fin Barre’s National School, Cork.
Ahead of Budget Day on Tuesday (7th October), a coalition of Ireland’s primary and special school management bodies, staff, parents, and children has issued an urgent appeal to Minister Helen McEntee and the Government to address a growing funding crisis in schools.
A message from Dr Ken Fennelly, Secretary to the Church of Ireland’s General Synod Board of Education (Republic of Ireland), in the Education News Brief for June.
The importance of people of minority faiths having continued access to education in their own ethos was highlighted at the Council of Schools Charities’ annual meeting on Monday (April 28).
The ethos of Church of Ireland primary schools needs to be part of each school’s self–evaluation and stem from dialogue with the whole school community.
“Your history is not only your history but it’s embedded in a global perspective as well,” Professor Annette Scheunpflug remarked as she gave the keynote address at Dublin City University’s recent seminar on the history of Protestant comprehensive schools.
The Revd Professor Anne Lodge, who leads the Church of Ireland Centre at DCU, has presented new research into Protestant compreheneive schools, drawing on interviews and document archives, to tell their origin and contemporary stories and how their lived ethos is expressed.
