8.8 Looking forward

8.8 Looking forward

■Increased pace in diversifying school patronage is required to respond fully to the changing needs

of society and a demand for education provision that is not denominational.

■Alternative governance structures for state-funded schools should be pursued actively with the aim

of providing schools with more efficient and systematic supports. The rationalisation of governance structures for children detention centres (CDCs), and special care units (SCUs) should be advanced.

■The Primary Education Forum offers a valuable opportunity for consultation on how existing

governance arrangements for schools might be better achieved and developed.

■Those in leadership and management positions in settings and schools, particularly primary schools,

need to place a more substantial focus on the leadership of teaching and learning.

■Building on the responsiveness of school leaders and the collaboration across the system to ensure

sustained provision of education during the pandemic, there is potential to develop leadership, collaboration, and self-evaluation within and across schools further.

Figure from page 246

priorities in primary and post-primary education