Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1237: 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. [25563/05]

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 relates to the 2004-05 school year. The staffing of the school for 2004-05 was a principal, nine mainstream class teachers, one learning support teacher, one special class teacher, one resource teacher, one shared resource teacher and one shared language support teacher.

Based on the allocation of mainstream class teachers and an enrolment of 239 ordinary pupils at 30 September 2005, the average ordinary class size was 26.6.

The PTR of the school was 17.4:1. The Deputy should note that, when calculating PTR, all posts based in the school, including ex-quota posts, are taken into consideration.