🎉Important Information!
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
Good Shepherd Primary School and Nursery School, 42 Dungiven Road, Derry BT47 6BW | Phone: 028 7134 8446

