Infographic outlining the costs of sending a child to either primary or secondary school in 2011.

About the Back to School Survey 2020.

For more than a decade Barnardos has been carrying out an online survey investigating the costs that parents incur when sending their children to school at the start of the school term. Last year the content and format of ...

A child’s right to education is enshrined in the Irish constitution. However, the substantial financial cost of sending a child to school means access to education is anything but free. For over a decade, Barnardos has ...

For over a decade, Barnardos has highlighted the costs incurred by parents in preparing their children to return to school each September through an online survey. This year a total of 1,132 responses were received. ...

Findings of a national childhood 2007 poll. The poll, conducted independently by Behaviour and Attitudes, sought the views of 400 parents and 200 young people on a range of issues affecting childhood today.

A total of 255 children and young people responded to our Back to School Survey 2020, with a fairly even split between boys (42%) and girls (55%). Most respondents are going back to primary school in September (60%), ...

Infographic outlining the costs of sending a child to either primary or secondary school in 2015.

Graphic breakdown of Barnardos Digital Schools Survey 2015.

This year is like no other for children returning to school in September. The Covid-19 pandemic had a major impact on schooling in the first half of the year, when schools closed from 12th of March to the end of June of ...