Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
365. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of resource teachers and learning support teachers to pupils in mainstream classes at primary level; and the ratio for resource teachers and learning support teachers to pupils in mainstream schools at post primary in each of the years 1998 to 2016 and to date in 2017 by county and by Dublin post code, in tabular form. [34886/17]
View answerDetails of the ratio of resource teaching and learning support teachers per number of pupils each year at primary and post primary school level for the years 2009-2017 are included in the table.
Due to the manner in which the allocation of resource teaching posts was recorded prior to 2009, where additional allocations were only made to schools once all surplus allocations in schools were accounted for, accurate details of the resource teaching allocations made prior to 2009 are not available.
Details of the number of resource teaching posts allocated to schools by the NCSE on a per County basis, for the years 2012-2017, are available at http://ncse.ie/resource-teaching-hours-and-sna-allocations
Resource Teaching and Learning Support Allocations 2009 - 2017
|
School Year |
Ratio LS/RT posts per number of Pupils |
|
2009/10 |
72.91 |
|
2010/11 |
72.77 |
|
2011/12 |
73.24 |
|
2012/13* |
72.05 |
|
2013/14 |
70.87 |
|
2014/15 |
69.03 |
|
2015/16 |
66.19 |
|
2016/17 |
63.37 |
*From 2012/13 GAM and Post Primary Learning Support allocation also provided for English Additional Language (EAL) Support. Since that time the GAM has been updated annually based on increases to mainstream classroom teaching posts, based on school enrolments.
Post Primary School
|
School Year |
Ratio LS/RT posts per Pupil |
|
2009/10 |
120.39 |
|
2010/11* |
130.73 |
|
2011/12* |
128.69 |
|
2012/13 |
111.79 |
|
2013/14 |
105.94 |
|
2014/15 |
100.30 |
|
2015/16 |
96.04 |
|
2016/17 |
92.24 |
*Statistics for 2010/11 and 2011/12 included PLC students, excluded thereafter.
