14 second-level schools scheduled to open by 2014

MORE than a dozen new second-level schools will begin classes for the first time in 2013 and 2014, mostly in the greater Dublin region.

The first will open next month in Gorey, Co Wexford, with Co Wexford VEC as patron, and Co Galway VEC will be patron to a second level school opening in Doughiska in 2013.

The Department of Education has now written to prospective patron bodies seeking applications to set up schools in 14 areas, with 1,000-student schools needed for 2013 in Claregalway, Co Galway; Lusk, Co Dublin; Naas, Co Kildare; and Navan, Co Meath.