Junior Cycle Developments

Click the banner below to see the NCCA document Towards a Framework for Junior Cycle.

New Resources 2012/2013

The NCCA's advice on junior cycle development has been prepared and finalised. Watch the short presentation below to find out more about the main features of the advice..

click here for a resource to open a discussion in your school about short courses. (PDF 210kb)

Consultation

The period of consultation on the development of junior cycle education has ended. A large number people, agencies and groups got involved in the consultation by making submissions, attending meetings, completing a short questionnaire or by blogging. This feedback is informing our continuing work in the area of junior cycle. If you want to find out more on the main findings of the consultation activity, take a look at the Summary of the Junior Cycle Consultation Findings . If you would like to read any of the individual submissions on the junior cycle developments, check out the list of submissions received.

Although the junior cycle developments consultation is now closed, you can still access the range of materials from this page to support further discussion on the junior cycle developments – there are video vox pops from schools, a multimedia presentation introducing the key ideas and the paper Innovation and Identity: Ideas for a new Junior Cycle(PDF, 4.4MB). Simply choose the links that best meet your needs.