With the support and development of incoming first year students at its core, A Parent’s Guide to the Junior Cycle was written through a collaboration between Kinsale Community School and The Examcraft Group. 

The book originated from the experience of the principal of Kinsale Community School, who developed an earlier version of this publication for parents of students in his school. He felt parents only have their own schooling as a reference for their children’s education, and the education system, and in particular the Junior Cycle, sets very different expectations and experiences for students than the Junior Certificate of the past.