Good Shepherd Primary School and Nursery School, Derry

🎉Important Information!

16th Feb 2026

Dear Parents/Guardians,

 

As directed by the Department of Education, our school have been allocated 2 additional staff development days, 1 to be taken this term, and 1 in the final term of the 2025-26 school year.  The agenda for these days are to include any aspect of the TransformED programme, including:


• Curriculum including literacy and numeracy
• Qualifications
• Assessment
• School improvement
• Teacher professional learning
• Tackling educational disadvantage

 

Our school have allocated the following days which your children will not attend school:

 

  • Wednesday 18th March 2026
  • Tuesday 26th May 2026

 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in relation to these two additional school closures so late in the academic year- this direction has come from the Department of Education.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mrs S. McCafferty