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Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2023 Maths Paper 1 (Ordinary Level) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. A fair paper but with phrasing that might concern some students. Thoroughly doable with plenty of opportunities for marks. Looks…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2023 Maths Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Aidan Roantree, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. A challenging paper with some low hanging fruit where students can accumulate significant marks. This paper continues a recent trend…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2022 Geography (Higher Level) by Lesley Aslin & Michael Doran, Geography teachers at The Institute of Education. A beautiful paper with choices within choices. A fair paper – those who prepared will find ample opportunities to…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate English Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Clodagh Havel, English teacher at The Institute of Education An accessible paper that required a calm head to master it. Much anticipated Bishop did not appear but those that did…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2023 Computer Science (Higher Level) by Daire Ó Muirgheasa, Computer Science teacher at The Institute of Education. The Leaving Certificate exams kicked off this year with Computer Science. The paper which has only been broadly available…
Congratulations to our school Drama teacher, Fiona Condon who took part in creating ‘A Greyhound of a Girl’. The animated film will get it’s world premiere this February at the International Film festival Berlin (Berlinale). The film is based on…
We are delighted to announce our newest teacher Yun Wu. She will be teaching Mandarin Chinese, a new subject option that we have added for the 2021/22 academic year. Yun Wu joins us with a wealth of experience both in…
Michael Casey, one of our outstanding Irish teachers, recently completed his PhD through Ulster University. His PhD thesis was on the role that the Irish oral tradition has played in influencing the literary prose writings of Séamus Ó Grianna, an…
After 16 years at The Institute of Education, Richard Whealans has retired from his position as Deputy Principal and Head of 6th year. During his time in the school Richard was a constant source of support and wisdom for students…
Clare Grealy has over 26 years experience teaching Irish to Higher Level Leaving Cert students and has been teaching full time at the Institute for the past 15 years. Clare has assisted in researching the Irish language and has helped…
Paul has taught English and History for the past 20 years. He has been teaching both Leaving and Junior Cert at the Institute since 1999, and has designed and delivered accessible and structured exam preparation courses for the last 14…
Our 5th Year Head and systemically trained family psychologist, Richard Hogan, was featured on Newstalk‘s The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yeats on Wednesday 1st April. He spoke about how students and parents can deal with the stress and pressure may…