DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools is the main policy initiative of my Department to address educational disadvantage at school level.
My Department will spend over €150 million on the DEIS Programme in 2021, which includes some €26.07 million for the School Completion Programme.
In the 2021/22 academic year there are 884 schools in the DEIS Programme serving over 186,000 pupils - 687 Primary and 197 Post Primary.
The number of primary and post-primary level schools in Cork City Local Authority area that presently have DEIS status are 40 which are broken down by DEIS Band in the table below:
DEIS Band
|
Number of Schools
|
Primary Urban Band 1
|
22
|
Primary Urban Band 2
|
5
|
Primary Rural
|
0
|
Post-Primary
|
13
|
The listings for both Primary and Post Primary schools can be found on the following link;
www.gov.ie/en/collection/63363b-data-on-individual-schools/