Last day for Mayo parents to have their say as Primary School Survey closes at midnight

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton is encouraging all parents of primary school and pre-school children and school communities to have their say on the future of their primary school before the primary school survey closes at midnight tonight, Tuesday, December 16.

Over 47 percent of eligible households have their say to date, with over 230,000 responses so far. 

The survey, which is the largest of its kind ever undertaken in Ireland, is school specific and aims to assess parental demand and preferences for different types of primary school provision including patronage/ethos, co-education or single-sex school provision and language of instruction (English or Irish).

The online survey is available here: www.gov.ie/primaryschoolsurvey.

Parents and guardians of children who are either in, or have yet to start, primary school, including staff and Boards of Management, are being invited to have their say on the final day of the survey.

All responses to the survey will remain confidential and anonymous. The department will use the survey results to input into its analysis of national, local and school-specific data to help the department in respect of planning at primary school level.

The department will work with relevant stakeholders on actioning the outcomes from the surveys in the context of future school planning. This survey is not a final step. Where there is clear support for change to be considered, a further process of inclusive dialogue will begin.

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