Written answers

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Department of Education and Skills

School Staffing

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision to withdraw a legacy teaching post for the 2014-15 school year from a primary school (details supplied) in Cork city in view of the exceptional challenges the school is facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8208/14]

Photo of Ruairi QuinnRuairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The criteria used for the allocation of teachers to primary schools is published annually on the website of the Department of Education and Skills. The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing arrangements for the 2014/15 school year (Circular 0007/2014) were published recently.As the teaching allocation to schools, including legacy posts, is enrolment based, it is this which determines whether schools gain or lose teaching posts from year to year. The school referred to by the Deputy will have its legacy post subsumed into its mainstream staffing from September 2014 as it saw an increase in enrolment sufficient to warrant an additional mainstream classroom teaching post for the 2014/15 school year. In addition, the school satisfies the criteria for the appointment of an Administrative Principal post, as laid out in Appendix B of Circular 0007/2014.

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