Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio class size at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25559/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The most recent information available regarding the class size and pupil-teacher ratio, PTR, of the school to which the Deputy refers is for the 2004-05 school year.

The staffing of the school for 2004-05 was a principal, 21 mainstream class teachers, two learning support teachers, two special class teachers, three resource teachers and one language support teacher. Based on the allocation of mainstream class teachers and an enrolment of 577 ordinary pupils on 30 September 2005, the average class size in ordinary classes was 27.5.

The PTR of the school was 19.6:1. The Deputy should note that, when calculating PTR, all posts based in the school, including ex-quota posts, are taken into consideration.