For the 2025/26 school year all students in the free education system will receive free schoolbooks and certain other resources. These will be in place in Moyne Community School for September 2025.
This new scheme was introduced by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and now extended to all pupils under Minister McEntee. It is in recognition of the cost of preparing children and young people for their return to school. The new scheme eliminates the cost to parents/guardians of providing schoolbooks and core classroom resources. The scheme will ensure equity of access, where all children and young people enrolled in post primary schools in the Free Education Scheme can commence the new school year in 2025/26 with the same schoolbooks and classroom resources as other children and young people in their class.
“Schoolbooks” includes all relevant schoolbooks, including eBooks. It also covers workbooks in use in the school to support teaching and subject learning. It also includes necessary additional texts such as novels and plays for English or books of past examination papers for all subjects.
Funding for the scheme in 2025/26 is being provided directly to post-primary schools by the Department of Education. Schools now have responsibility for providing schoolbooks and core classroom resources to all Junior Cycle students at the start of the forthcoming school year.
Existing schoolbooks, owned by students, will continue to be used, where applicable.
Parents/Guardians of students commencing third year and sixth will have already purchased a significant amount of the schoolbooks and classroom resources. Any additional schoolbooks and core classroom resources required by students in these years will now be covered under the new scheme.
All schoolbooks and core classroom resources provided under the new scheme will remainthe property of the school, so that they can be reused in future years (where applicable).
Schoolbooks will be provided on loan to students for the 2025/26 school year and must be returned to school at the end of the school year/at the end of the of Junior Cycle/Leaving Certificate.
Please remind your children to take care of their schoolbooks and classroom resources and to keep them in good condition while they are in their possession. It is not permitted to write in schoolbooks. There may be some additional classroom resources that are not covered by the scheme. Further details (if any) on what items parents/guardians will need to supply for the return to school in September 2025/pay a fee to the school for will be itemised and communicated to parents/guardians by the school in due course.
Yours sincerely
Des Cullen Principal
Letter from Minister for Education Helen McEntee to parent/guardians regarding school books for students in Post Primary Schools 2025/26
School Policy on Provision of Schoolbooks and Stationary 2025/26
On the instruction of the Department of Education, the Board of Management have developed a policy on the provision of school books and stationary to all students for the 2025/26 school year. This policy sets out the terms and conditions of the scheme. Please note that all books remain the property of Moyne Community School and must be returned to the school at the end of the period for which they are needed. Lost/damaged book will not be replaced under the scheme. It is parent/guardians responsibility to ensure student keep books in an acceptable condition
Please click on the link below to access the policy