Swotting up on best school choice [Independent.ie]
- Published: 17 May 2010
What secondary school are you sending your child to? That's the start of my every conversation with other parents at the moment. If you live in a small town or village where there's just one post-primary school and the word on the street is that it's as good as you'll get anywhere else, then lucky you.
I guess we're spoiled for choice in Dublin, but it also means that you have to do your homework.
For your information, there are 737 post-primary schools in Ireland, and these are divided into five different categories. Secondary schools, community schools and comprehensive schools are generally denominational, eg Catholic or Protestant, although this is changing. Vocational schools and community colleges are non-denominational.
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