Post Primary Schools
Kerry ETB provides primary, second level and further education. Kerry ETB is the patron of 8 post-primary schools and the joint trustee of 4 Community and Comprehensive schools. It is the aim of Kerry ETB to provide the highest quality educational experience for our pupils/students in line with the Department of Education and Skills Looking...
Home School Liaison
Home School Community Liaison Scheme Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) is a major mainstream preventative strategy targeted at pupils at risk of not reaching their potential in the educational system. Mainly because of background characteristics which tend to affect adversely pupil attainment and school retention. The scheme focuses directly on the salient adults in children's...
Special Education Needs
The Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act (2004): States that “[Special educational needs are]... a restriction in the capacity of the person to participate in and benefit from education on account of an enduring physical, sensory, mental health or learning disability, or any other condition which results in a person learning differently...
Local School Completion
The School Completion Programme (SCP) aims to increase the numbers of children and young people staying in primary and second level school and in doing so improve the numbers of pupils who successfully complete the Senior Cycle, or equivalent. The Programme provides a range of local interventions in disadvantaged schools and communities designed to support...
Irish Language Office
An Ghaeilge i mBord Oideachais agus Oiliúna Chiarraí Tá Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna Chiarraí tiomanta do sheirbhísí a chur ar fáil do phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta ar fud an chontae. Tá an t-ádh linn go bhfuil dhá cheantar Gaeltachta againn i gCo. Chiarraí – Uíbh Ráthach agus Corca Dhuibhne – agus tuigeann BOO...
Student Support, Wellbeing and Voice
Kerry Life Skills Introduction Kerry Life Skills is a county-wide project based in Kerry ETB that supports the wellbeing of young people in Kerry by working in partnership with schools, families, communities and other agencies. The work of Kerry Life Skills is particularly focussed on supporting The Wellbeing Promotion Process in schools. Kerry Life Skills...
