September 2025

National Principals Forum Statement on the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum Specifications

In response to today’s launch of the Redeveloped Primary Curriculum Specifications, the National Principals Forum (NPF) acknowledges that this would be a positive step in Irish education, but warns that unless systemic underfunding and under-resourcing of our primary education system is addressed in an urgent and serious way, the implementation of this new curriculum will […]

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Budget 2026 Submission

Campaign Title: “Leadership in Crisis: A Budget 2026 Call to Lighten the Load for Primary School Principals” Overview The National Principals’ Forum (NPF) calls on the Government of Ireland to urgently address the unsustainable conditions facing primary school principals. Based on the 2025 Principal Workload Survey (with over 400 respondents), it is clear that the

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