Our School
About Our School
Dublin 7 Educate Together presently has a single stream class in each year from second class upwards. In September 2009 it introduced a second stream at Junior Infant level. It now has over 300 pupils and twenty members of staff. Subject to there being demand for places it is proposed that it will take two Junior Infant classes each September. As it is a recognised national school it is subject to the Education Act 1998 and other relevant legislation.
The school's patron body is Educate Together and the school subscribes to the principles and ethos of the Educate Together model. The school is: multi-denominational, i.e., all children have equal right of access, and the social, racial, cultural and religious background of each child is respected. The school is also co-educational, child-centred and democratic in character. Áine Sotscheck is the school's principal.
Information Booklet for Parents
We welcome you and your child to our school. We hope that you will have many happy years with us.
This booklet outlines many of our school practices and we ask you to familiarise yourselves with them and discuss them with your child.
This booklet is revised annually and we welcome any suggestions you may have.
Ethos
Dublin 7 Educate Together is committed to the core principals of the Educate Together Charter namely it is chid centred in its approach to education, democratically run with active participation by parents in the daily running of the school whilst positively affirming the professional role of the teachers, multi denominational i.e, all children have equal rights of access to the school and children of all social cultural and religious backgrounds are equally respected, co-educational, and committed to encouraging all children to explore their full range of abilities and opportunities.
Board of Management (2011-2015)
In accordance with the Code of Practice for the governance of schools the Board of Management (BOM) has eight members, consisting of the Principal and one staff nominee, two community nominees, two parent nominees and two patron body nominees. The new Board came into being on the 1st December 2011 (along with all other primary school Boards). The six members of the Board appointed so far are as follows:
- Deirdre Prince - patron nominee - chairperson
- Anne Phelan - patron nominee
- Rhona Farrell - parent nominee
- Pearse Coyle - parent nominee
- Carmel Ni Laoire - staff nominee
- Aine Sotscheck - school principal
These six members, at their first meeting, will co-opt two community nominees on to our BOM.