primary schools around dublin 8 or surrounding areas

lisalipsss

hi, can anyone reccomend a primary school for my daughter. she will be starting 2018 she will be 4 then. im a northsider livining on southside. i have no idea of any schools in the area really. i feel st bridgets is to close for comfort. but i am open to hearing everything good and bad about all schools. ive put her name down in harolds cross and will be putting it down in st clares. i was going to put it down in st luies but i heard it was a rough school then i heard it was brilliant education. i just dont no what to do. ive also heard st patricks is a primary school does anyone know if this is true.

byhookorbycrook

lisalipsss wrote: »

hi, can anyone reccomend a primary school for my daughter. she will be starting 2018 she will be 4 then. im a northsider livining on southside. i have no idea of any schools in the area really. i feel st bridgets is to close for comfort. but i am open to hearing everything good and bad about all schools. ive put her name down in harolds cross and will be putting it down in st clares. i was going to put it down in st luies but i heard it was a rough school then i heard it was brilliant education. i just dont no what to do. ive also heard st patricks is a primary school does anyone know if this is true.

Not being smart , but at this stage , you may have to settle for anywhere that will take her.

lisalipsss

why is that?

Big Bag of Chips

I always find these threads funny. People are not really going to have experience in a range of schools, so nobody can compare and tell you x school is better than y school. Because their child is likely in one school and they won't have experience of any others.

If you want to pick a school for your child you would be better off walking in and asking to be shown around. What I think is a great school, you might not like.

And what byhookorbycrook means is Dublin schools tend to be over subscribed with waiting lists. People have their children's names down for places for years. If your child is due to start school next year you might not have the luxury of deciding where she goes, but just taking whichever school she's offered a place in.

lisalipsss

Funny???. People wont, but you might like one school and another person wont like that school. so this is why i have asked the question. Its called feed back. also people might have a child in y school and sorry that they ever sent the child to y school. FYI and BHOBC i have been ringing schools since my daughter turned 2 and the ones in particular dont take names until jan of the childs starting date.

I would be greatful if i could get feed back on my question, as i dont have time to be answering people commenting on a question about a childs primary school at 12:30 at night. (very odd).

Big Bag of Chips

Why is it odd what time a person replies to a thread?

Anyway, I hope you get your answers, but you are asking a very specific question about a very specific area on a very wide and general forum. Most of the readers won't live in the area or have any experience of any of the schools. You might be better posting in the Regional Forum for the area you are asking.

lisalipsss

I could ask you the same question was is it funny?.
It's a simple question. End of.
Thank you for the tip for the regional section. Good luck.

Big Bag of Chips

I think it's funny (nobody else might!) that people post in a very broad forum, about specific schools that the huge, vast majority of posters in the forum will never have had any experience of. But then I have a funny old sense of humour!!

You're welcome, good luck with the search.

G-Man

You asked about d8, but then mention schools outside of d8.. Have you considered educate together in griffith and one at fatima. There are loads of schools in d8 and around. The background in d8 is very diverse , so all schools should be open to consideration.

You will only get this by ringing up, perhaps also, walking by the school at drop off or pickup.

After mine started school, I realized there are lots of subtle differences in schools which you may love/dislike one way or the other. E.g some schools may not have a uniform, others do. Many are affiliated to Catholic Church and the pupils are very diverse. Others are non - faith etc. Some have strong connection with a particular GAA or other sport club, others less so.


Some schools are small, but maybe straining in their rooms. Some have sports pitches, others concrete yards. Start times may be different, have you flexible work or not. Some have bit parental input others less. Some have easy access for people walking to school, others impose carmageddon on their children.

Eds

When does your daughter turn 4 as there is a cutoff for some of the schools in Dublin 8. Griffith Educate Together and St Catherines NS both are 4 before May 1st I think. Most schools in D8 have very limited outdoor space/facilities. There are number of different choices but without knowing your preferences it's difficult to advise, co-ed or single sex? Gaelscoil or English? DEIS or not? Religious or not?

Multi-D/Educate Together - Griffith and Canalway. Both very difficult to get into, both have a great name.
Gael Scoileanna - Gaelsoil Inse Chor & Synge Street (the latter has just gone Gaelscoil co-ed this year and has very small class size)
CoI - St Catherines. Difficult to get into unless CoI. Small co-ed single stream.
Catholic Co-Ed - There are a whole host of these in every corner of D8, many are DEIS. Some have a higher percentage of boys, some girls. I have heard very good reports of Brigids but again I think it can be difficult to get a place.

http://www.schooldays.ie/primary-schools-in-ireland/primary-Dublin-8

Take a look at the Whole School Evaluations for those you have a particular interest in;

https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Whole-School-Evaluation-Reports-List/

Best of Luck.

caniask86

Hi, I have enrolled my son in Scoil Sinead Pelletstown. It's a mainstream school that started this September. It shares the same bulding at ETNS in Cabra. I can tell you it's an excellent school and there is only 4 in my sons class :eek:
I haven't come across such small numbers in Dublin yet. It's a mainstream school with no supported classes or any ASD units.

I've no doubt the class number will be larger next year but apparently they are planning on keeping numbers smaller. Also it's non religious which I find a relief.