OECD Reviews of Migrant Education: Ireland 2010

By international standards, immigrant students in Ireland, on average, perform as well as their native peers at age 15. However, non-English speaking immigrants face particular challenges and do less well. Ireland is undertaking measures with a focus on language support and intercultural education. There is scope to improve access to quality early childhood education and care for all, especially for immigrant children strengthen learning opportunities for language support teachers concentrate efforts on mainstreaming language support and intercultural education into regular curriculum, teacher education and research enhance capacities of teachers and school leaders to be more responsive to the growing linguistic and cultural diversity of students ensure access to school, home and community liaison services for immigrant families collect better data to further encourage schools to adopt diversity and inclusive education and set up a framework for continuous feedback embedded in policy evaluation and school inspection.