Parents pay up to €4k cost for school

Parents will pay up to €2,211 for a child to attend primary school this September, with the annual cost reaching €4,154 for a child in secondary school.

The research released by MummyPages.ie, an online community of mothers, also shows that more parents are experiencing financial difficulty in putting their children through school.

It shows that 61% of mums are finding it difficult to cover the costs, an increase of 10% on last year, while 80% agree that school costs are expensive, compared to 63% last year.