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DEIS Delivering Equality of Opportunity In Schools
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The DEIS Plan 2017 sets out the department’s vision for education to more fully become a proven pathway to better opportunities for those in communities at risk of disadvantage and social exclusion.
DEIS Plan 2017
The DEIS Plan 2017 sets out the Department’s vision for education to more fully become a proven pathway to better opportunities for those in communities at risk of disadvantage and social exclusion
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The inspectorate is committed to supporting DEIS schools through the provision of School Self Evaluation (SSE) advisory visits. These visits can be requested via the SSE website School Self Evaluation
- There are designated staffing schedules for DEIS Band 1 schools giving a class size of 17:1 in junior schools, 19:1 in vertical schools (schools with junior and senior classes) and 21:1 in senior schools Circular 0006/2023 Appendix A
- Administrative Principal are appointed on an enrolment of 113 pupils Circular 0006/2023 Appendix B
- Circular 0034/2023 (Delivering Equality of Opportunity In Schools) action planning and grant allocation for all DEIS schools
- Access to Home School Community Liaison Services (HSCL)
- Access to School Meals Programme
- Access to range of supports under School Completion Programme
- Access to literacy/numeracy support such as Reading Recovery, Maths Recovery, First Steps, Ready Set Go Maths
- Access to planning supports
- Access to a range of professional development supports through Oide, the new integrated support service for teachers and school leaders (formerly PDST, CSL, JCT and NIPT). www.oide.ie
- Parents' Information Notes - Band 1 Primary
- Administrative Principal are appointed on an enrolment of 136 pupils Circular 0006/2023 Appendix B
- Circular 0034/2023 (Delivering Equality of Opportunity In Schools) action planning and grant allocation for all DEIS schools
- Access to Home School Community Liaison Services (HSCL)
- Access to School Meals Programme
- Access to range of supports under School Completion Programme
- Access to literacy/numeracy support such as Reading Recovery, Maths Recovery, First Steps, Ready Set Go Maths
- Access to planning supports
- Access to a range of professional development supports through Oide, the new integrated support service for teachers and school leaders (formerly PDST, CSL, JCT and NIPT). www.oide.ie
- Parents' Information Notes - Band 2 Primary
- Circular 0034/2023 (Delivering Equality of Opportunity In Schools) action planning and grant allocation for all DEIS schools
- Access to School Meals Programme
- Access to planning supports
- Access to a range of professional development supports through Oide, the new integrated support service for teachers and school leaders (formerly PDST, CSL, JCT and NIPT). www.oide.ie
- Parents' Information Notes – Rural Primary
- Circular 0003/2023: Staffing arrangements in Voluntary Secondary Schools for the 2023/24 school year
- Circular 0002/2023: Staffing arrangements in Voluntary Secondary Schools for the 2023/24 school year
- Circular 0034/2023 (Delivering Equality of Opportunity In Schools) action planning and grant allocation for all DEIS schools
- Access to Home School Community Liaison Services (HSCL)
- Access to School Meals Programme
- Access to range of supports under School Completion Programme
- Access to Leaving Certificate Applied Programme
- Access to planning supports
- Access to a range of professional development supports through Oide, the new integrated support service for teachers and school leaders (formerly PDST, CSL, JCT and NIPT). www.oide.ie
- Additional funding under School Books Grant Scheme
- Parents' Information Notes - Post-Primary