End academic selection, says archbishop

THE ARCHBISHOP of Armagh, Eamon Martin, has said he would like to help the governors of the last three Catholic grammar schools in his diocese find a way to end the academic selection of students, writes Sarah Mac Donald.

In a homily for Catholic Schools Week, the Primate of All Ireland said: “No young person should be turned away from a Catholic school on the basis of their mark in an entrance test at the age of 10 or 11.” Speaking in St Malachy’s Church in Armagh, Archbishop Martin said Catholic schools should focus on those left behind or neglected.