Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of inspections carried out in primary schools by type of inspection for the period 1 September 2021 to the most recent data available in tabular form. [60555/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Inspectorate of my Department has continued to implement a focused programme of inspection, engagement and advisory support visits in schools and centres for education. This has continued throughout the Covid-19 period, as circumstances in schools have permitted.

In the period from 1 September to 30 November 2021, a total of 710inspections and advisory/support engagements took place in Primary Schools. This included Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspections (CPSI), Supporting the Safe Provision of Schooling engagements (SSPS) and Incidental Inspections (II).

The Inspectorate also provided policy advice to sections of my Department in relation to ensuring continuity in learning, teaching and assessment for children and young people in primary schools. The Inspectorate also supported schools to provide for the wellbeing of their school communities since the start of the new school year in September 2021. Inspectorate engagements with schools also included advisory work in relation to the Gaeltacht Schools Recognition Scheme, School Excellence Fund (SEF) visits and School Self-Evaluation (SSE) visits to schools. As requested, the information is summarised in tabular format.

Table 1: Count of inspections in primary schools

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of inspections carried out in post-primary schools broken down by type of inspection for the period 1 September 2021 to the most recent data available in tabular form. [60556/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Inspectorate of my Department has continued to implement a focused programme of inspection, engagement and advisory support visits in schools and centres for education. This has continued throughout the Covid-19 period, as circumstances in schools have permitted.

In the period from 1 September to 30 November 2021, a total of 407 inspections and advisory/support engagements took place in Post-primary Schools. This included Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspections (CPSI), Supporting the Safe Provision of Schooling engagements (SSPS) and Incidental Inspections (II).

The Inspectorate also provided policy advice to sections of my Department in relation to ensuring continuity in learning, teaching and assessment for children and young people in Post-primary schools. The Inspectorate also supported schools to provide for the wellbeing of their school communities since the start of the new school year in September 2021. Inspectorate engagements with schools also included 35 School Self-Evaluation (SSE) visits to Post-primary schools. As requested, the information is summarised in tabular format.

Table 1: Count of inspections in post-primary schools

Table 2: Advisory and support activity in post-primary schools