Killester Raheny Clontarf
Secondary School Campaign
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Mission
We want inclusivity.
Girls and boys - all religions, or none - learning together.
For well over a decade, successive Governments have promoted a policy of offering choice in education. Given the lack of variety among the existing secondary schools in the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area (KRC SPA), we wanted to know how local parents felt. We conducted a survey using the same criteria applied by the Department of Education when canvassing SPAs with regard to new schools. That is to say, only responses from parents / guardians of pre-secondary school children living within KRC SPA were deemed valid.
The results of our survey were stark. We received 1,231 valid responses. Those responses represented 2,323 children – many responses came from families with more than one pre-secondary school child. Some 73% of respondents wanted a coeducational school for boys and girls and 59% wanted a non-religious secondary school. Strikingly, only 5% of respondents wanted a single-sex, religious-run school – yet, if they are to attend secondary school in the SPA, that is almost certainly where their children will go.
School Planning Area - Lack of Places
Girls Places
On avergage, 25% of our girls leave the KRC School Planning Area. This is likely due to preference or students leaving the area, with their families.
Boys Places
Nearly 2 out of every 3 boys leave the area, each year. Although some may leave due to preference or a family relocation, this cannot account for such a large exodus. This is likely due to the fact that there are simply not enough boys places in the KRC School Planning Area.
