Institute of Education (Dublin)

The Institute of Education (IOE) was founded in 1969 by Irish school teacher, Raymond Kearns,[2] and is currently one of the largest private secondary schools in Ireland.[3] The Institute of Education provides expert tuition for 4th, 5th and 6th Year students. As well as preparing students for the Leaving Certificate, fourth year students at the Institute have the option to study a selection of subjects from the Cambridge International GCSE programme (IGCSE) as well as CEFR Language exams.

The Institute of Education
The Institute of Education
TypeIndependent day school for 4th, 5th & 6th Year Students
Established1969
PresidentRaymond Kearns
Students~1,000[1]
Location
Dublin
,
Ireland

53°20′06.08″N 6°15′20.41″W
CampusUrban
Colours
Websiteinstituteofeducation.ie

Programmes

Being a Senior Cycle-only school, The Institute provides several programmes to secondary-level students. Those who wish to study full-time at the school are known as day students and pay standard yearly fees. Students may also attend the school's part-time and evening grinds classes which take place in the evenings and Saturday mornings. These classes provide students with intense tuition support with fees based on the number of subjects taken. Intensive five-day revision courses are also available during normal school holidays at Christmas, Easter, winter mid-term break, in May and August. Study skills seminars available in September. The institute also runs preparation courses for the Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT).

Self-financing

The institute is one of very few secondary schools in Ireland that is not funded at least in part by central government through the Department of Education. As a result, the school is not subject to inspections from the Department, is not obliged to follow a certain curriculum and may pay teachers as it wishes, rather than according to the public service wages paid to most teachers in the country. The school is owned and run by the Kearns family.[4]

Buildings and facilities

The school is located in a number of refurbished Georgian, terraced houses on Leeson Street in Dublin. It also has three newer buildings at the back of the terraced houses. The institute has a science laboratory, art room, home economics kitchen, computer laboratory, and a specialised technical drawing classroom. There are two halls for supervised study. There are also on-site cafe facilities serving a selection of warm and cold food and beverages.

Number 85 Lower Leeson. The famous yellow door

Academic performance

The institute is a grind school due to its focus on exam results. The Institute of Education is the single biggest provider of students to third level colleges and universities in Ireland.

Exam Brief

Between 2008 and 2012 the Institute of Education contributed to Exam Brief by the Irish Independent, a yearly six-part supplement dedicated to preparation for Leaving and Junior Certificate exams.[5] This supplement is published in February, March and April each year.

Exam Centre

The Institute of Education is an official exam centre for Irish Leaving Certificate and BioMedical Admissions Test.[6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. Holden, Louise (1 March 2011). "Grinding it out for four decades". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. Looney, Fiona (22 September 2002). "The Student Maker". Sunday Tribune. Tribune Newspapers PLC. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. Donnelly, Katherine (21 October 2010). "Fee-paying school students dominate entrants to UCD". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. The key factors when repeating the Leaving By Chris Pillow and Gerard Kiely, Sunday Business Post, 22 August 2004.
  5. "Exam Brief". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  6. BMAT Exam Centres Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Burns, John (1 November 2009). "Profile: John and Edward Grimes". The Times. London: News Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  8. O'Farrell, Stephen (18 November 2009). "Jedward visit rumours spark fan frenzy". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  9. Byrne, Andrea (28 November 2010). "Moving from Hogwarts to the Institute". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310235215/http://dev.katyfrench.ie/katys-biography/. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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