Principals take the lead in addressing under-performance At their annual conference today, the largest gathering of Principals ever in Ireland will hear their Director, Sean Cottrell urge the DES and Management Aut ...
10th February 2004 - UCD Professor Launces Strong Attack on Privatisation of Education in Ireland
E-Scéal 27 - UCD Professor launches strong attack on the privatisation of Education in I ...
Principals fight to save Small Schools The Irish Primary Principal's Network (IPPN) will publish an interim report on the future of small schools in Ireland at their Annual Conference on Thursday. This research re ...
Following many years of raising the matter with the DES, we are pleased to inform you that three welcome improvements have been announced by the Minister which will provide better administrative capacity for Principals in a small number of schools. ...
Water Charges for schools - another tax on parents The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) is calling on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government and the Minister for Education & Science to come up with ...
14th February 2005 - IPPN demands swift action on Primary Principals Serious Work Overload
IPPN DEMANDS SWIFT ACTION ON PRIMARY PRINCIPALS SERIOUS WORK OVERLOAD PROBLEM Growing bureaucracy, non-educational tasks and ever-increasing legislative demands are preventing principals from addressing their key responsibilites of managing tea ...
Irish Primary Principals' Network Annual Conference Where? Irish National Events Centre (INEC), Killarney, Co. KerryWhen? Thursday 31st January to Saturday 2nd February 2008 The theme of this year's conference is ...
An independent survey commissioned by the Irish Primary Principals' Network provides worrying evidence that most teachers do not wish to become Principals. The IPPN believes that a crisis is looming in Primary Education unless the role of Principal Tea ...
IPPN's Annual Conference takes place in the INEC, Killarney from Thursday 25th January to Saturday, 27th January 2007. The theme of this year's conference is "Changing Ireland". The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) is the p ...
How much is a child's primary education worth? - 77cent a day? A recent survey of 200 primary schools conducted by IPPN (the Irish Primary Principals Network) has found that 97% of our primary schools do not receive enough to cover their basic ...
15th October 2004 - Primary Principals Concerned at Second Level Principals' Position on Teaching
Primary Principals concerned at Second Level Principals' position on Testing Primary Principals are very concerned at the views expressed today by the President of NAPD, representing Second Level Principals, on standardised tes ...
Call for Humanitarian Treatment of children of Asylum Seekers IPPN calls upon the Irish Government, and in particular, the Department of Justice, to deal with the applications by immigrant families seeking leave to remain in Ir ...
Risk Management Challenge for Principals Every school has a legal Duty of Care to its pupils. What this means is that the Board of Management, through its Principal and teachers must provide a level of supervision which is comp ...
The Irish Primary Principals' Network strongly condemn any effort made to add water charges to the running costs of schools. Primary schools are already in financial difficulty due to the soaring costs of heating oil and other utilities with only a min ...
Immediate crisis averted "Principals are relieved that the immediate crisis around the payment of large water charges by primary schools has been abated." said Larry Fleming, President of the Irish Primary Principals' Network. "IPPN welcomes ...
Principals are not convinced by new 'weighting system' for SEN resources Today's details of the new 'weighted' approach to allocating resources for children with special education needs (SEN) in primary schools, have not raised ...
E-Scéal 25 - Dempsey Ignores School Principals
The Irish Primary Principals' Network (IPPN) expressed a growing lack of confidence in the Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin, T.D. at their annual conference in Killarney today. "Principals are rapidly losing confidence ...
Good morning, everybody. I am delighted to be here once again in Killarney in the company of such an esteemed gathering of 800 school leaders, most-welcome guests and good friends. I wish to thank you, Minister, for addressing our Conf ...
