Guides and information
Parents’ Association Guidelines is a recent NPCpp publication and is available through Compass Parents. This is a comprehensive 40 page booklet that is useful for all Parent Associations.
Also training for Parent Association Membership is available through Compass Parents.
Contact Julie( Hon. Secretary) at 087 9901981
Grant Aid for Post Primary Pupil?- You could qualify.
• You may be eligible for a grant if your child is attending or plans to attend a Protestant managed Post Primary School participating in the‘ block grant’ scheme.
• The purpose of the scheme is to assist necessitous children of the Protestant community in accessing second level education in a school that accords with their religious ethos.
• Grants are funded by the D. E. S. and applications are means tested.
• Grant Assistance available may cover up to 50 % of the fees in Dublin schools and about 90 % in some of the country schools.
• Application Forms are available directly from the school of your choice.
• Closing date for applications is usually 28 th February for the school year commencing August that year.
Contact: info @ secgrant. ie / Secondary Education Committee, C / O Church House, Church Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Home Tuition Grant Scheme for maternity related absences.
A recent DES circular that is available on the DES website at the following link: http:// www. education. ie / en / Circulars-and-Forms / Active-Circulars / cl0051 _ 2016. pdf
This circular provides information in relation to the Home Tuition Grant Scheme for maternity related absences. This Home Tuition Scheme provides funding for compensatory educational tuition for girls who are unable to attend school due to pregnancy.
As with all other Home Tuition schemes provided by this Department, tuition providers must be currently registered with the Teaching Council and have been vetted by the teaching council since 29 th April 2016. The scheme provides for a maximum of 90 hours tuition, to take place within 6 months from the date of sanction.
The application form for this Home Tuition scheme is available on the DES website at the following link http:// www. education. ie / en / Parents / Services / Home-Tuition / Home-Tuition- Form-MRA-HT11. pdf Ideas on a post card please! Help us to have your voice heard.
Compass welcome comments and communications from all constituent parents and associations.
While many school matters should, of course, be dealt with through discussion with school staff and within the school community, national matters and other areas of concern to parents can be raised with Compass- through the secretary of your school’ s Parents Association or PTA via our communication channel. Send your
Email to: parentline365 @ gmail. com
Compass is the statutory body representing the Parents of Minority Religion schools at national level. Working through the NPCpp- National Parents Council( Post Primary) – and directly linking to the Government and Department of Education and Skills – Compass is Your Voice in Education.
The Compass executive seek to represent the views and concerns of all parents at our constituent schools. Communications are best routed through the Compass Representative from your Parents Association at school who can raise matters with the Compass executive. We will endeavour to deal with and respond to all communications in a timely and satisfactory manner.
All post-primary schools are now legally required to have a Parents Association. Should your PA be newly formed or need assistance, we are here to help you.
For further information and to link your school’ s Parents Association with Compass Parents, please contact our Compass school liaison officer – Email: parentline365 @ gmail. com