Dear Parents and Students,

GCC Graduation-Class of 2025

Please click on the link below to view a selection of photographs taken at our GCC 6th Year Graduation Ceremony last week by the photographer John Roche.    

GCC 6th Year Graduation Ceremony Photos May 2025  

Congratulations to GCC 4th Year Student Luke Merrigan 

Congratulations to GCC 4th Year Student Luke Merrigan (Rang Padraig) who won the Munster Schools 3,000m last Saturday (17 May) and has qualified for the All Irelands in Tullamore on the June Bank Holiday weekend.

GCC Parents Council Uniform Bank Sale

The annual GCC Parents Council Uniform Bank Sale will take place on Tuesday 24 June at 10am. Donations of uniforms can be dropped into the designated box at the front door of the school.

Jons Civil Engineering Company Limited – Glanmire Roads Improvement Scheme 

Please click on the link to view a notification letter regarding upcoming works.  

GRIS – Commencement of Works 21.05.2025 JCEL issue 

GCC Upcoming Calendar Events – May 2025

Reminders

GCC Diograis Awards Ceremony 2025 

Please click on the link below to view a selection of photographs taken at our GCC Díograis ceremony last week by the photographer John Roche.

GCC Diograis 2025 – Photographs

GCC Summer Exams

Please click on the links below to view details of the summer exams for each relevant year group:

GCC Summer Exams 2025

GCC Parents Council

The GCC Parents Council would like to share regular updates that are received from the National Parents Council. (NPC) We have created a dedicated tab on the parents section of the website.

Please click on the link to view the recent update from the NPC:

https://www.glanmirecc.ie/parents/

HSE Podcasts for Parents

The HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast series recently marked its 100th episode, and has a number of episodes which address the health needs of young people. Please click on the link below to view a letter that includes further information and links to episodes that provide support for young people and families. With helpful tips and advice from a range of healthcare professionals, partners and service users, the episodes offer practical and evidenced based advice, in a friendly manner. [HSE Stakeholder Engagement and Communications, HSE Health and Wellbeing]

HSE Podcasts for Parents

Inspectorate Update to Schools – May 2025

Please click on the link below to view an update from the Chief Inspector Yvonne Keating about the work of the Inspectorate in schools as it relates to this term.

Inspectorate Update

Education for Sustainable Development [ESD] Newsletter – May Issue

Please click on the link below to view the May 2025 issue of the Department of Education
and Youth’s ESD Newsletter.

ESD_Newsletter_May_2025_EV_Gov.ie

Information leaflet for Schools on national network of Drug and Alcohol Taskforces

Please click on the link below to view an updated information leaflet on the range of supports taskforces can provide to schools as well as contact details for all the taskforces throughout the country. It includes information on several programmes and online resources relating to drug and alcohol use that may be helpful for schools and parents.

The purpose of the leaflet is to raise awareness among schools on the supports and expertise task forces can share and to encourage schools to engage with, and avail of this expertise, as part of the overall effort to respond to and prevent drug and alcohol abuse by young people. Schools are encouraged by the Department of Education to share the resource widely with teachers, particularly SPHE teachers and coordinators, parents and the wider school community.

Information for schools on drug and alcohol use

General Special Needs Assistant (SNA) Panel – 2025/2026 Academic Year

Cork ETB has now advertised for the General Special Needs Assistant (SNA) Panel for the 2025/2026 academic year. The position is listed under Vacancy ID #050726, and the closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Friday, 30 May 2025. Please click on the link below for more details.

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Assessment Adjustments

Please click on the link below to view a letter from the Minister for Education, Helen McEntee, confirming that the changes made to the Leaving Certificate exams in recent years will still apply to the 2026 exams. These changes include giving students more choice in the exam questions and reducing the amount of preparation work they need to do.

Minister for Education – Assessment Adjustments

Summer Coding & Technology Camps Organised by the School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC

Please click on the link below to view details of the ICT Summer Camps 2025 being organised by the School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork and which are now open for booking. The in person camp for secondary school students takes place in the UCC Western Gateway Building in Cork from Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 June (5 days) from 10.00am to 2.30pm each day. The cost is €130.

Summer Camp Secondary Schools

Circular S05/25 Outlining the Deferred Examination Sitting 2025

Please click on the link below to view Circular S05/25 ‘Outlining the Deferred Examination Sitting 2025′. It provides important information in relation to 2025 RACE Scheme – Provision of a scheme of Deferred Examinations for Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied candidates unable to sit one or more papers in the main sitting in June on grounds of;

1. Close family bereavement – funeral preparation and attendance
2. Serious medical conditions – accident, injury or illness

The document has been published on the SEC Website and is available here.

Senior Cycle Redevelopment Information Note

Please click on the link to view the latest Senior Cycle Redevelopment Information Note from the Department of Education. This is the eleventh edition in a series of Department of Education Senior Cycle Redevelopment information notes. These notes provide updates to school communities on the roll-out of the Senior Cycle Redevelopment programme.

Senior Cycle Redevelopment Information Note 11

GCC Summer Programme 2025

Schoolbooks Grant Guidance for Post-Primary Schools 2025/26

Buying schoolbooks and classroom resources can be a costly expense for parents/guardians. In 2024 schools were provided with funding to buy schoolbooks and core classroom resources for students in Junior Cycle. From 2025 the Post-primary Schoolbooks Scheme will provide funding to schools to buy items for all students up to Senior Cycle. Please click on the links below for an explanation of how the scheme is run and provides answers to some frequently asked questions.

Letter from Minister to parents of students in Post-Primary Schools 202526

Post-primary Schoolbooks Scheme 2025_26 A guide for Parents Guardians

GCC Senior Management [Ronan McCarthy (Principal), Patrick O’Mahony (Deputy Principal), Caroline Byrne (Deputy Principal), Seamus Kennefick (Deputy Principal)]