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Surveys on Primary School Patronage Extended to 38 Schools


14th January 2013 | News


Parents of all children aged 0 to 12 years in 38 areas  are being asked what patrons they would like to see operating their local primary schools. Surveys are going live today (Monday 14th January) and are an expansion of pilot surveys on primary school patronage which were conducted late last year in five towns.  
The areas being surveyed will  include schools up to 5kms from the town boundary. It will be important for schools to alert parents of children in these rural areas to participate in the process. [Kildare Town has been removed from the original list of areas to be surveyed, following consultation with patrons.] Parents will need  their PPS number in order to complete the survey; however, the PPS details are only being used for verification purposes. 
CPSMA suggests that  staffs, boards and parishes should encourage parents to fill in the surveys,  as there is only a 4 week period in which to participate. 
The results of the pilot surveys were very satisfactory in demonstrating strong support for denominational education as well as support from a minority of parents for additional forms of patronage. As  it can be difficult to reach parents of pre-school children any possible contact with them should be encouraged. 
Coincidentally,  Catholic Schools Week is being launched next Monday creating  an opportunity to celebrate our Catholic schools. 
The areas being surveyed to include schools up to 5 kms from the town boundary are : 
Ballina  Dungarvan   Passage West
Ballinasloe  Edenderry  Portmarnock 
Ballyfermot/Chapelizod/
Palmerstown/Cherry Orchard
 Enniscorthy   Roscommon
 Bandon  Fermoy   Roscrea
 Birr  Kells (Ceannanas)  Rush
 Buncrana   Killarney   Shannon
 Carrick-On-Suir  Leixlip  Skerries
 Carrigaline  Longford  Thurles
 Celbridge  Loughrea  Tipperary
 Clonmel  Malahide  Tuam
 Cobh  Monaghan  Westport
 Dublin 6  Nenagh  Wicklow
   New Ross  Youghal

The survey can be accessed on the DES website here.

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