Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Question:394. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools, by primary and secondary, in tabular form. [62703/21]
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DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools is the main policy initiative of the Department of Education to address educational disadvantage at school level.
In the 2021/22 academic year there are 884 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 180,000 pupils - 687 Primary and 197 Post Primary.
|
Band |
Number of Schools |
|
Urban Band 1 |
227 |
|
Urban Band 2 |
104 |
|
Rural |
356 |
|
Total Primary |
687 |
|
Post Primary |
197 |
|
Total DEIS Schools |
884 |