Four in ten parents with children in religious-run primary schools say they would prefer a multi-denominational school, according to a Government national survey on school patronage.
Educate Together says that level of demand could support more than 12-hundred multi-denominational primary schools nationwide, yet there are currently just 155.
The organisation has welcomed the release of school-specific survey results to primary schools this week.
Educate Together is calling for Government support to help expand school choice across the country.
Its development officer Edward Platt believes the appetite is there for more of its schools: