TWO LIMERICK schools will be among the first in Ireland to offer a new leaving certificate subject in the 2025/2026 term.
Limerick City East Secondary School in Castletroy and John the Baptist Community School in Hospital will be the only two schools in the county to offer the new Climate Action and Sustainable Development subject from September 2025.
Drama, Film, and Theatre Studies were also added to the leaving cert curriculum from 2025.
Minister for Education Norma Foley said that there was a lot of interest from schools in Limerick to offer the new subject.
“It was fantastic to see a strong level of interest from schools of all types in Limerick and across the country in taking part in this first phase of delivering the new Leaving Certificate subjects of Drama, Film, and Theatre Studies and Climate Action and Sustainable Development,” she said.
“These subjects are being introduced to provide greater choice for students to better reflect their range of interests and support the development of a wider range of talents and skills.”
Minister Foley said she was “pleased to announce that Limerick City East Secondary School, Castletroy, and John the Baptist Community School, Hospital, will be among the first to offer the new Leaving Certificate subject of Climate Action and Sustainable Development from the start of the 2025/26 school year”.
All participating schools will be provided with resources to establish new subject departments and to support the teaching and learning of the subject, the Department of Education said.
