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Move across eight schools follows rising concern about anxiety levels among pupils and early exposure to adult material online

Move across eight schools follows rising concern about anxiety levels among pupils and early exposure to adult material online

Move follows mounting concern among teachers and parents over notable increase in anxiety among pupils

There are more and more routes into degree programmes via post-Leaving Cert courses in further education colleges

Thousands of Leaving Cert students are approaching their final days in secondary school. For parents, the feeling is bittersweet

Social media platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram are most popular among students who spend several hours a day online

Some subjects deliver higher proportions of top grades than other subjects, but that’s not because they are ‘easy’

The Secret Teacher: The final goodbye to my Leaving Cert class is looming and I dread it as much as ever

While schools are expected to deliver the State curriculum the right of schools to uphold their ethos or characteristic spirit is also protected in law

Minister for Health says it is time to ‘get behind the curtain’ of how tech firms operate to be better able to protect children and adolescents