Only one pupil turned up in a primary school this week after parents withdrew their children for unspecified reasons. Only one pupil turned up in a primary school this week after parents withdrew their children for unspecified reasons. Just one pupil left in school after parents pull children outThere have been contacts for some time between the Department of Education, the school authorities and the patron, the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, about issues at Bullsmouth National School, Achill Island, Co Mayo. The school was the subject of a critical Department of Education Whole School Evaluation (WSE) inspection report last year. Among the findings of the inspectors was that, although it is a Gaeltacht school, pupils were speaking English in the classrooms and the playground.

Source: Irish Independent September 05, 2018 01:37 UTC