The Irish Primary School Curriculum

St Andrew’s College Junior School follows the Irish Primary School Curriculum as set by the Department of Education. The school runs bespoke and highly rigorous curricula in STEM, Music, Art, Modern Languages (French and Spanish), ICT and American Studies, for pupils of American diplomatic status.

Primary education consists of an eight year cycle: junior infants, senior infants, and first to sixth classes. The primary curriculum aims to provide a broad learning experience and encourages a rich variety of approaches to teaching and learning that cater for the different needs of individual children. The primary curriculum is designed to nurture the child in all dimensions of his or her life—spiritual, moral, cognitive, emotional, imaginative, aesthetic, social and physical.

Some aspects of the primary curriculum are under review in line with the New Primary Curriculum Framework (2023).

Detailed national curriculum information is available here and below.