Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board has responsibility for 3 multi-denominational Community National Schools, 1 Community Special School, and 17 multi-denominational post-primary Community Colleges in Limerick and Clare. The authority is also co-patron of 5 Community Schools in its administrative region. This equates to 47% of overall post-primary student enrolment in the region.
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board schools provide quality learning opportunities through broad curricular experiences. Significant student support services are offered through pastoral support structures and student support team frameworks. The schools also have an extensive range of extra and co-curricular activities providing opportunities to facilitate the development of the human, spiritual and academic potential in every student.
You can contact the Schools Division by emailing schools@lcetb.ie
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T: 069-62205
E: desmondcollege@lcetb.ie
Web: desmondcollege.ie
Raheen Road,
Tuamgraney,
Co Clare,
V94 RW32
T: 061-921494
E: info@raheenwood.org
Web: raheenwood.org
T: 065-6829432
E: enniscc@lcetb.ie
Web: enniscommunitycollege.com
Web: gaelcholaisteanchlair.com
Spittle,
Glenroe,
Co Limerick,
V35 DA36
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E: emma.moore@lcetb.ie
Web: glenroeschool
(Satellite classroom of Mol an Óige CNS, Ennistymon, Co. Clare)
T: 063-83121
E: ghazelwoodcollege@lcetb.ie
Web: hazelc.ie
Croí na Coille,
Ballyea,
Fedamore,
Co Limerick,
V35 KT54
E: schools@lcetb.ie
Web: fedamorecns.ie
T: 061-921083
E: scc@lcetb.ie
Web: scariffcommunitycollege.ie
T: 061-376257
E: stanneskillaloe@lcetb.ie
Web: killaloecc.ie
T: 065-9050021
E: stmichaelscckilmihil@lcetb.ie
Web: stmichaelscc.ie
T: 061-392368
E: colaistemhuireaskeaton@lcetb.ie
Web: colaistemhuireask.ie
T: 069-64094
E: colaistenatrocaire@lcetb.ie
Web: mercycc.ie
Glencree,
Ennistymon,
Co Clare,
V95 D372
T: 065-7072814
E: info@molanoige.ie
Web: molanoige.ie
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board recognises that youth work and those involved in delivering it at the local level contribute to the strengthening of those communities. Among its other functions, Section 10 of the Education and Training Board Act 2013, confers on the ETB the role of supporting the provision, coordination, administration and assessment of youth work services in its functional area and the provision of such information as may be requested by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to such support. The authority is aware of the wide range and generally high standard of youth work programmes and services being provided across the region.
Through the work of three Youth Work Officers and the provision of resources to Youth Work Organisations in the region, the authority provides a co-ordinated framework that supports the development of a wide range of initiatives for the young people of both Limerick and Clare.
The role of the Youth Work Committee is to make recommendations to the authority’s board on the performance of its youth work functions under the Education and Training Boards Act, 2013. The committee brings together members of the ETB itself, along with youth organisations, other state bodies and young people.
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board officially launched its Youth Work Plan 2023 – 2026 in April 2023. The plan, the second publication of its kind for the authority, aims to ensure the ETB succeeds in its responsibilities to support the provision, coordination, administration, and assessment of youth work services in the Limerick and Clare region. This vital function is framed in legislation under the Education and Training Boards Act 2013. Youth Work takes place in almost every town across Limerick and Clare; including youth work organisations, youth clubs, youth arts groups, drug and alcohol projects, sporting bodies, scouts, and girl guide groups. This new plan represents a shared commitment from all these organisations to the on-going development of this valuable initiative. The plan is firmly focused on ensuring that young people in these communities get the best experiences that can be provided. To download a copy of the plan click here. There is also a poster version of the plan here.
The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme is aimed at providing support to youth work activities at local level. Under the scheme, youth clubs and groups in Limerick and Clare are invited to apply for one-off grants to support their development, administration, programme and service costs.
The Scheme supports voluntary youth work activities with young people, priority being given to clubs/groups with members between the ages of 10-21 years. To be considered eligible, clubs/groups must be volunteer-led. Applications will not be accepted from both local and county/regional structures of the same organisation. Sports clubs are not eligible for funding under the terms of this scheme.
The National Quality Standards Framework (NQSF) is a support and development tool for the youth work sector. It provides organisations with an opportunity to articulate, through a common language, their youth work practice. It also provides a structured framework for organisations to assess, indicate and enhance their work. Click here to download the framework.
The National Quality Standards for Youth Groups are simply a set of statements of what should be in place to assist in ensuring quality. These statements outline what level of service can be expected and how services will be provided so as to ensure that they are delivered to an agreed level of quality and that the level is consistent on a national basis. Compliance with the Standards for Youth Clubs/Groups is a requirement of Local Youth Club/Group funding
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board established one of three national Local Creative Youth Partnerships (LCYPs) in 2019, under the auspices of Creative Ireland, an all-of-government programme that connects people, creativity and wellbeing. Guided by the voice of the child and young person, the LCYP works in partnership with state and voluntary agencies to deliver creative programmes for young people in out-of-school settings, across Limerick and Clare, with particular focus on marginalised communities.
The partnership includes representatives from local authorities, youth work, early years, arts and education; as well as from several areas within Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. Working partners include Limerick Youth Service, Clare Youth Service and Foróige, with whom the LCYP has already delivered creative programmes in dance, photography, drama, craft, makeup, film and in a range of visual art genres. The choice of creative activity undertaken by groups is based on data collected through consultation with over 300 young people across 26 youth work settings in both counties.
In tandem with its focus on the youth sector, the LCYP develops creative programmes in Early Learning settings and works closely with Clare Childcare Committee and Limerick Childcare Committee in this regard. Dance for babies under two and storytelling for pre-school children have been explored through two conferences for ELC staff in 2019 and these areas remain a primary focus of the LCYP programme going forward.
For further information on work of the Local Creative Youth Partnership in Limerick and Clare, click here to visit the website,
or contact:
Zara Starr Madden, Local Creative Youth Partnership Co-ordinator
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, Station Road, Ennis, County Clare, V95 D32F
Email: lcyp@lcetb.ie Tel. 065 689 7606 or 086 412 0440
A PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING COMPLAINTS MADE BY PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS OR ADULT LEARNER(S) CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN LCETB SCHOOL/FET EDUCATION CAMPUS AGAINST A STAFF MEMBER EMPLOYED BY LCETB
Under the Education Act 1998, schools are managed by the school Board of Management, on behalf of its patron Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. The school principal manages the school on a day to day basis. Complaints, in the first instance, should be directed to the teacher involved and/or the school principal. Every attempt should be made to resolve the complaint informally.
If the complaint is not resolved informally, the school has a formal complaints procedure that can be followed.
If having resorted to the school’s formal complaints procedure the matter remains unresolved there is provision for the complaint to be escalated to the Schools Division of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board to discuss the complaint. Complaints will be processed in accordance with the standard complaints procedures which have been agreed between school management authorities and teacher unions. To read more about the procedure CLICK HERE
Appeal against Permanent Exclusion, Suspension or Refusal to Enrol
Circular 0069/2020 – New arrangements and procedures for appeals under section 29 of the Education Act, 1998 effective from 12 November 2020 onwards, available here https://www.education.ie/en/Parents/Services/Appeal-against-Permanent-Exclusion-Suspension-or-Refusal-to-Enrol/
Section 7 of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 has provided for the replacement of the existing Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 with a series of new sections numbered 29 to 29F. These new appeal provisions in sections 29 to 29F are designed to work alongside the wider admissions framework in the 2018 Act and will come into operation from 12 November 2020 onwards.
Following consultation with the education partners and in accordance with section 29B of the Education Act 1998, the Minister has also determined the following procedures for appeals which will apply from 12 November 2020 onwards – https://www.education.ie/en/Parents/Services/Appeal-against-Permanent-Exclusion-Suspension-or-Refusal-to-Enrol
