Written answers

Thursday, 10 March 2005

Department of Education and Science

School Staffing

4:00 pm

Liam Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a national school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is included in the staffing schedule review currently in progress within her Department; and when a report is likely to be available on this review. [8421/05]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The mainstream staffing of a primary school is determined by applying the enrolment of the school on the 30 September of the previous school year to a staffing schedule agreed between my Department and the education partners. The system for allocating teachers to primary schools is based on ensuring an overall maximum class of 29 in each school. Where some classes in a school have class sizes of greater than 29, it is generally because a decision has been taken at local level to use the teaching resources to have smaller numbers in other classes.

My Department will finalise the staffing schedule for the 2005-06 school year shortly and thereafter notify school boards of management.

According to data submitted to my Department by the board of management the enrolment on 30 September 2004 in the school referred to by the Deputy was 197 pupils. The staffing for the 2005-06 school year will be determined on the basis of this figure and in accordance with the agreed staffing schedule.

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