Emma Grealy

Emma Grealy is an English teacher with over 15 years of experience. She has an in-depth understanding of the Irish State Examination process having acted as an Assistant Examiner for Junior Certificate English and Pre-Leaving Certificate English. Emma also has

Patrick Fitzsimons

Patrick Fitzsimons is a Spanish teacher at the Institute for 4th Year and 5th year. He also runs the French debating club and the 6th year French and Spanish language clubs. He holds a First Class Honours degree in French

Maria Fenton

Maria Fenton is a Spanish teacher with 20 years’ experience.  She is the author of three Spanish textbooks: ¡Venga! Leaving Cert Spanish, Edco, 2020; ¿Qué pasa? 1 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco 2017  and ¿Qué pasa? 2 Junior Cycle Spanish, Edco

Andy Quinn

Andy Quinn is a teacher of Maths and Applied Maths. He has worked as a maths tutor for eight years and has taught full-time for the past two years. Andy holds a First Class Honours degree in Physical Education with

Lesley Aslin

Lesley Aslin is a Geography teacher at The Institute of Education. Lesley has 11 years teaching KS3, GCSE and A level Geography in the UK. She was Head of Geography for 6 years in a London Secondary School.

Aidan Roantree

Aidan is our senior Maths teacher at the Institute, where he has been teaching Maths and Applied Maths for over 26 years. As the author of 14 books, including the most recent Effective Maths Books 1 & 2, he is acquainted with every detail of the new Maths course.

Tara Lyons

Tara has been teaching Higher Level Chemistry at The Institute of Education since 2001. During this time many of her students have achieved excellent results with one of her students receiving the highest grade in Chemistry in Ireland …

Louise Boylan

A specialist in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Physics, Louise has over 25 years of teaching experience. One of Ireland’s first female authors of secondary-level Maths books, she has co-authored 17 books, including the “New Concise Project Maths” series of textbooks

Clodagh Havel

Clodagh is an English teacher with more than 20 years’ experience. She also holds a Diploma in Law and Education from Kings Inns as well as a Masters in Political Science and a Diploma in Journalism. Clodagh is a exam

Wesley Hammond

A Biology teacher since 2007, Wesley is an exam corrector with the State Examinations Commission and has a deep understanding of exam marking schemes. In 2022 and 2023, 55 – 56% of his Leaving Cert students achieved a H1 in