Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB)

Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB)
Ardcavan Business Park
E32D785
Wexford
Co Wexford

Not-For-Profit Information

Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB) is the statutory regional education and training authority for counties Waterford and Wexford.

Within its remit, WWETB has 15 multi-denominational and co-educational schools with over 6,000 students. This includes 12 post-primary schools, 1 community national school, one school for children and young people with autism and complex learning needs and 1 post leaving cert college. WWETB is joint patron of the 3 community schools in Waterford and Wexford.

WWETB has responsibility for Further Education and Training (FET) across Waterford and Wexford, which encompasses full-time and part-time courses. There are currently over 20,000 adult learners availing of education and training with WWETB. We manage the local state provision of apprenticeships and provide many courses for young people and adults who are starting out, starting over and upskilling. We also provide adult literacy courses, including English language tuition.

Other major programmes include Music Generation which provides music performance education to thousands of young people across the two counties. We manage Youthreach and Youthwork projects, we provide Outdoor Education and Training (Shielbaggan), and we play a lead local role in supporting Ukrainians in education.

The vision of WWETB is “to lead learning through the delivery of high quality, inclusive, responsive, innovative education and training services in our community.”

Our vision is being implemented through the strategic goals, priorities and actions contained within the WWETB Strategy Statement 2023-2027.

Number of paid employees: 
1000+ employees
Current board size: 
Over 15
Annual turnover: 
Over €5,000,000
Not-for-Profit focus: 
Education, Training & Research

Office Address

Ardcavan Business Park
E32D785
Wexford
Co Wexford