No offer of secondary school place for 26 Limerick students under CAS system
-
Loading... - Zada Adami
- 01 Feb 2023
- 73 Views
- 0 Like
- 0 Comment
Twenty-six Limerick children will find out this morning that they have received no offer of a second level school place for next September from any of the city's schools.
Under Limerick city's unique CAO style Common Application System (CAS) offers were posted to families yesterday and are due to arrive in homes this morning.
However, amid unprecedented demand this year, RTÉ News has learned that applications relating to 26 children have been rejected, because Limerick city's schools are at capacity.
The news follows a warning earlier this month from the Department of Education that it was anticipating "significant challenges" in areas across the country in ensuring sufficient school places were available for 2023, particularly at post-primary level.
While there are capacity pressures across the country, Limerick's unique enrolment system makes it possible to quantify the scale of its shortage.
The Limerick figure was initially much higher, but almost 50 additional places have been created in recent days in a small number of schools to try and meet the demand.
The department has said the current rise in the second level school going population is likely to peak in the next year or two. It is the result of a demographic 'bulge' that has been moving through the education system. There are also an additional 1,000 Ukrainian children due to transfer from primary to post-primary this year. Read More…
