Governance and Funding of Voluntary Secondary Schools in Ireland. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 34 October 2013

Darmody, Merike and Smyth, Emer (2013) Governance and Funding of Voluntary Secondary Schools in Ireland. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 34 October 2013. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive picture of educational governance and financing among second-level schools in Ireland. There are three second-level sectors in Ireland,1 which have their origins in historical developments and policy changes: voluntary secondary schools, vocational schools (including community colleges), and community/comprehensive schools (see Chapter 3). Broadly interpreted, governance refers to the ownership, organisation and management of schools. The mode of governance varies across different types of schools, with voluntary secondary schools increasingly being governed by lay School Trusts; community/comprehensive schools under the joint trusteeship of religious orders and the state while vocational schools (including community colleges) are under the trusteeship of the state. The way in which the different school types are financed and the extent to which the state supports the trusteeship function across the three second-level sectors also varies, as shown in this report.

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