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Educate Together to run new local school

Posted November 3rd, 2016

Educate Together has been awarded patronage for the new post primary school that was announced for the area last year, serving Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8.

The school is due to open in 2018. It is likely to be in temporary accommodation to begin with before moving to a permanent site, to be discussed and decided upon by Educate Together and the Department of Education.

The school will cater for up to 1,000 students once complete, but will only take in first years initially.

In the next few days Educate Together will open applications on their website here. If you previously expressed interest in this school, they will be in touch with you shortly.

To see a press release about the announcement of this school, and other schools nationally,  go here.

For news on a potential new campus for a primary and a secondary school in the area go here.

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12 May 2016

Educate Together will be applying for a new secondary school in South Dublin for 2018. The exact location of the school is not yet known. This was announced as part of a major school building programme last year; go here for full details of the programme.

If you would like to express your interest in placing your child in this school, or if you would like to help with the campaign, please go here.

For five years I have been pushing for new schools for the area, and for a Schools Admissions Bill. We still need more schools but I am very happy to see progress being made.

A new primary school will open in Harcourt Terrace (see here) and Shellybanks has opened in Dublin 4, for which a permanent location is currently being sought. Planning permission at Haddington Road has been applied for, 8 new classrooms are being added to St Mary’s in Donnybrook and a special school in Rathgar will be built. There are currently no plans for a new school in Milltown and Terenure but I will continue to work towards this.

To find out about my work on the Schools Admissions Bill go here.

 

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