Written answers

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Department of Education and Skills

Schools Data

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending primary and secondary schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of primary and secondary schools open in the counties; the number of full-time teachers employed to work in primary and secondary schools in the counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44635/18]

Photo of Joe McHughJoe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is available in the following table. The figures given are for the 2017/2018 academic year, the latest available.

The numbers given for teaching staff are the full time equivalent posts allocated to schools in Sligo and Leitrim. The recruitment and appointment of teachers to fill teaching posts is a matter for the individual school authority, subject to procedures agreed under Section 24(3) of the Education Act 1998 (as amended by the Education (Amendment) Act 2012). The deployment of teaching staff in the school, the range of subjects offered and ultimately the quality of teaching and learning are in the first instance a matter for the school management authorities.

County DescriptionSchool TypeEnrolment at 30th September 2017Count SchoolTotal teaching posts allocated (whole time equivalent)
LeitrimPrimary
3,727
37
225
SligoPrimary
7,554
67
464
LeitrimPost Primary
2,524
7
202.4
SligoPost Primary
4,938
13
345.7

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