Edmund Rice Schools Trust

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Edmund Rice Schools Trust
Native name
Iontaobhas Scoileanna Éamainn Rís
IndustryEducation
FoundedJune 1802;219 years ago (1802-06) in Waterford, Ireland
Founder Edmund Rice
Headquarters Blackrock,
Dublin
,
Ireland
Number of locations
96 (2013)
Area served
 Republic of Ireland
Key people
  • Gerry Bennett (CEO)
  • Helen O'Brien
  • Louise Callaghan
  • Eddie Bourke
Revenue1,668,652 euro (2020)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.erst.ie

The Edmund Rice Schools Trust (ERST) is a Catholic school network with responsibility for almost 100 schools in the Republic of Ireland. [1] The trust is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice the founder of the Irish Christian Brothers who originally established and maintained the schools. Today, the Trust supports those schools in line with the tenets of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust Charter. [2] Similar trusts have been established in England, [3] Northern Ireland [4] and elsewhere.

The main object of the Trust is to ensure and foster the advancement of education and to further the aims and purposes of Catholic education in the Edmund Rice tradition in colleges, schools and other educational projects owned or operated by the Trusts in the different countries.

Northern Ireland

The Edmund Rice Schools Trust (NI) Ltd is the trustee body responsible for eight schools in Belfast, Glengormley, Armagh, Newry and Omagh:

These schools were formerly under the trusteeship of the Irish Christian Brothers. The Trust was launched in February 2009 and is based in the Westcourt Centre, Belfast. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Edmund Rice Schools Trust" . Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ (ERST.ie), Edmund Rice Schools Trust. "What We Do".
  3. ↑ "Edmund Rice England" . Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "erstni" . Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Armagh Christian Brothers' PS Armagh". Armagh Christian Brothers' PS Armagh. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "John Paul II Primary School". ERST NI. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "St. Patrick's Primary School". St. Patrick's Primary School. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "About ERST NI". Edmund Rice School Trust. Retrieved 26 June 2020.


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