Educate Together gets go-ahead to open second-level schools

EDUCATE TOGETHER hopes to open its first second-level schools in the next two years after Government approval for the multi-denominational group to become a patron body.

The announcement by Education Minister Ruairi Quinn received a strong welcome at the annual conference of the organisation which already has almost 60 primary schools under its patronage.

Educate Together first applied to open a second-level school in Lucan, Co Dublin, in 2007, but also has groups of parents at some of its primary schools gathering support for second-level schools in their areas.