Children from a mix of social, religious, and other backgrounds attend all primary schools but Catholic schools are still dominated by Catholic pupils, research shows.

PRIMARY school teachers are predominantly happy in their job and most believe their pupils enjoy being in school and are well-behaved, according to research.

CHILDREN in older schools are being cramped into tiny classrooms and have little scope for group learning as a result, research has found.

FUNDING difficulties, poor guidance at school and the lure of full-time work have raised barriers to thousands of young people from low-paid families accessing third-level education.

SECONDARY school students are more likely to stick with their studies through to Leaving Certificate if the school they attend offers sports and other extra-curricular activities, new research has found.

Gender stereotyping is still evident at second-level schools across the country, a new study has revealed.

THE ministerial decision to standardise school holidays is impacting on the “settling in” period for first-year students at post-primary schools, it was claimed yesterday.