If that is the goal, I would suggest sending you child to one of the grind schools for 5th and 6th year. So instead of spending 6 years on private school education, spend it on 2 years.Are private schools good value for parents? If getting into UCD or Trinity is the goal then it's actually not clear that they are worth it as many public schools get equal or better results. No doubt they are good for building networks though.
This depends on their contracts. The DES pay a percentage of teaching staff in private schools. Not all. Any on private contracts are much more susceptible to the chop.I wonder are teachers more accountable in fee paying schools or held to higher standards and therefore easier to replace if not cutting the mustard
My kids are in local non fee paying and the quality (consistency across subjects) and absence rate of the teachers is poor.
Parents send their children to private school for various reasons: they may be alumni themselves, the school may be local to them (or far away if boarding!), the facilities may be nicer, there may be better/unique educational opportunities (e.g. St Kilians German School), they may offer specific religious education, networking opportunities etc. One of the most common stated reasons is to give students the best opportunity to progress to third level.
Are they better for building networks ? Maybe in the law, but has the rest of Ireland not moved on.
I’ve been working in technology for 30 years, I have never experienced everyone caring what school you went to .
I didn’t go to a fee paying school but I know loads of people who did and it did not make one difference to their career .
Of course, the schools and alumni love to tell you that as it’s one of their selling points
The home environment is key, but there is also a lot to said for an environment where there’s probably greater unity of purpose (i.e. success) and greater alignment towards that success. Plus students typically get to do better and more broader things outside of school (e.g. trips, exchanges, etc).
Extra charges.Yes, you're probably right about law: two-thirds of Irish supreme court judges went to private schools.
I think in medicine too. In one hospital I was the only one of 13 doctors in my department who had gone to a public school. Even more eye-opening, 7 of those 12 colleagues had attended 1 particular Dublin private school and all had at least 1 consultant parent.
Only 1 of my friends is sending her kids to private school and that's at the insistence of her own parents who are multimillionaires and happy to cover the cost.
I think you're right about home environment - kids who have good home support will tend to do well regardless.
Are the trips and exchanges included in the fees or is that an extra charge?
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