Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2009
529 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to address the issues highlighted in the whole school evaluation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [6332/09]
View answerResponsibility for school improvement rests primarily with the staff and board of management of each school and with the school's trustees or patron. Evidence from the school responses submitted by school management in response to individual inspection reports and from other sources shows that in most cases, schools have the ability, either through their own resources or with the assistance of the relevant school support services, to address recommendations for change and improvement which are identified during inspections. The position in relation to the school referred to by the Deputy is that my Department is contacting the representatives of the Trustees in relation to the issues raised in the Whole School Evaluation. The purpose of these discussions will be to seek to identify how improvement may take place and the supports, such as those from the school support services, that may be made available to the school. Self-review by the school and further inspection visits may be used to monitor the progress of improvement.
