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Are heritage support classes available and easily accessible outside school?
English-Medium
20%
29%
51%
Irish-Medium
23%
31%
46%
Mixed
20%
34%
46%
Boys
17%
21%
62%
Girls
23%
19%
58%
Smaller Schools
500
24%
19%
56%
Non-Fee-Paying Voluntary Secondary
19%
26%
55%
Fee-Paying Voluntary Secondary
32%
ETB Schools
21%
35%
44%
Community and Comp Schools
15%
33%
52%
0%
10%
Yes
No
I don’t know
50%
18%
20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Figure 46: Availability and accessibility of heritage support classes outside school
One in five respondents in English-medium schools and 23% in Irish-medium schools, understand that there are
support classes available in some places for non-curricular heritage languages outside the schools, either privately,
as complementary weekend classes or embassy supported courses. The fee-paying voluntary secondary sector are
most likely to know of heritage language support classes outside school (32%) and the community and
comprehensive schools are least likely to be aware of these (15%). Larger schools are more likely to be aware of the
classes than smaller schools, 24% of larger schools as opposed to 16% of smaller schools and girls’ schools are 5%
more likely to know of the classes than boys’ schools.
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Audit of Foreign Languages Provision in Post-Primary Schools 2017
Post-Primary Languages Initiative February 2017 Draft Report
