‘We’re moving with the times’: Private all-girls’ school in south Dublin to admit boys for first timeSharp rise in first-class degrees may be linked to student expectations and competition among universities
Some 25 primary and post-primary schools had made the transition to co-ed status in the past three years, driven by parental demand for their children to attend the same primary or secondary school and for a broader range of subjects to be available to their children. “We discussed it with the parents’ body and even parents who were past pupils have agreed that it’s time to move with the times,” he said. “The school itself has a fine academic record. We feel it’s important to reflect the views of modern, 21st-century Ireland. That’s the reality. Ten years ago, perhaps, that wasn’t there.”
Admitting boys will require some small changes, such as changing facilities, toilets and the addition of new subjects such as technical graphics. The plan – subject to formal agreement by the department – is to admit the boys into first year in September 2025, and for subsequent years.