Loreto Education Trust
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| Industry | Education |
| Founded 📆 | 2003 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Loreto Education Centre, Springfield Park, Foxrock, Dublin D18 F3C3., |
Number of locations | 32 (2019) |
Area served 🗺️ | Ireland |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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The Loreto Education Trust is the trustee body for 32 Catholic voluntary secondary schools and other schools in Ireland. A similar trust exists in the United Kingdom and other countries for the management of related schools.[1]
History[edit]
Over twenty schools were established in Ireland by the Sisters of Loreto Catholic religious order in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These schools were originally completely run and managed by the nuns of the order. However, by the late twentieth century the number of nuns had declined and people other than those from the religious order were involved in the day-to-day running of the schools.[2] With the growing secularisation of Irish society the role of religious orders in the control of schools began to decline and to be challenged.[3][4][5] In 2003 the Loreto Education Trust was established to continue the management of schools established by the Sisters of Loreto with the Trust managed by a combination of people from the religious order and others.[6]
It currently oversees 18 post-primary, 5 community and 9 primary schools in Ireland.[7] Two of the post-primary schools are voluntary grammar schools in Northern Ireland. These are Loreto College, Coleraine and Loreto Grammar School, Omagh. The Trust shares trusteeship with others in the five Community schools. [8]
Organisation[edit]
Both people from religious orders and others are appointed as Directors of the Trust. Day-to-day management of an individual school is in the hands of the principal and a school management committee consisting of a combination of trustee representatives, staff and parents.[9]
The Trust serves the schools through the Loreto Education Centre. The work of the Centre is supported by the Loreto Network Education Committee (LNEC), which is representative of principals, staff and parents from both Loreto primary and post-primary schools. The LNEC has an advisory and developmental role in relation to the service provided by the Loreto Education Centre.[10]
Philosophy[edit]
The trust is guided by the vision of Mary Ward, the founder of the Sisters of Loreto who believed that women are equal in intellect to men and should be educated accordingly.[11]
Academic performance[edit]
The Trust's schools generally have high academic standards and regularly feature in lists of the best performing secondary schools in Ireland.[12][13][14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Loreto Education Trust UK". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Irish Times: The 18 orders - what they do now". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Governance and Funding of Voluntary Secondary Schools in Ireland, by Merike Darmody and Emer Smyth". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "PRI:Ireland is asking what role the Catholic Church should play in public education". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "'Catholic schooling with a twist?'". Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ↑ "Loreto Education Trust". Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ↑ "Loreto Schools". Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ↑ "The Role of Religion in the Admissions' process to Primary Schools" (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ "ASTI: Articles of Management for Catholic Secondary Schools". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Loreto Education Trust-LNEC". Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ↑ "Loreto Education Trust". Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ↑ "Here is a list of the best secondary schools in Ireland". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "Joe.ie - The top 25 schools in Ireland have been revealed". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ↑ "College Times: The best secondary schools in each province of Ireland has been revealed". Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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