- What Home Tuition is
- Home tuition for children with special educational needs and medical grounds
- Home tuition for reasons other than special educational needs and medical grounds
- Home tuition for students on maternity-related absences
- Home Tuition Payments
- Home Tuition Payment Claim Forms and Reference Material
The Department of Education operates 3 categories of home tuition:
- special educational needs and medical grounds
- reasons other than special educational needs and medical grounds
- maternity-related absences
This scheme is for:
- children who are unable to attend school for reasons such as chronic illness
- children with special educational needs who are seeking an educational placement
- early educational intervention for children with autism
Please read Circular 0024/2023 - Home Tuition Grant Scheme 2023/2024 Special Education Component for information on this scheme and details of eligibility criteria.
Fill in the relevant form below:
Return the form to:
Home Tuition Unit
Address:
Special Education Section, Department of Education
, Cornamaddy, Atlone
, County Westmeath
, N37 X659
Phone number:
There are two strands within this category.
Strand 1 offers a temporary educational measure for a child who is:
- temporarily without a school place, or
- without the offer of a school place and
- who is a actively seeking a place in a school recognised by the department
Strand 2 of this scheme is for children in care, who are without a school place due to emergency placement or placement disruption.
Please read 0031/2023 for information on this scheme and details of eligibility criteria.
Application forms for strand 1 are available from the local Educational Welfare Officer. You will find contact details for the Educational Welfare Officer on the TUSLA website.
Application forms for strand 2 are available from the appointed social worker.
This scheme is to provide home tuition to students in a recognised school at post-primary level at junior or senior cycle, whose education may be disrupted due to pregnancy.
Please read Circular 0030/2023 for information on this scheme and details of criteria for eligibility criteria.
Fill in the form below:
Return it to:
Parents and Learners Unit -Home Tuition Section
Address:
Department of Education Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
, N37 X659
Phone number:
Please note: The Special Needs and Tuition Grants Section is currently unable to take telephone queries. All queries should be forwarded to htpayments@education.gov.ie .
Part-time hourly home tuition grant rates have been revised with effect from 01 March 2023 under Building Momentum - A New Public Service Agreement 2021-2023
In this instance, the agreement provides for:
- 2% increase from 01 March 2023
Further information regarding the new pay increase granted in 2023 under the agreement is available in Department of Education Circular 0007/2023 - Revision of Teacher Salaries under Building Momentum Pay Agreement with effect from 01 March 2023
Information regarding the pay increases applied during 2022 is available in Department of Education Circular 0064/2022 - Revision of Teacher Salaries under Building Momentum – a New Public Service Agreement 2021-2022
The home tuition grant rate increases will apply going forward and are set out hereunder.
The rates for home tuition payments from 01 March 2023 are as follows:
| Primary Qualified Rate | €46.00 per hour |
| Post Primary Qualified Rate | €50.50 per hour |
| Modified Rate | €38.05 per hour |
Please note that the Department will no longer accept emailed claim forms for payment for home tuition. From 27th September 2021 all home tuition claim forms must be sent by POST to the Department at the address set out on the home tuition claim form.
Thank you for your co-operation
Special Needs Tuition Grants Section
Department of Education
Cornamaddy, Athlone, Co. Westmeath N37 X659
Once a payment claim form is received, the Department of Education will pay the approved tutor directly. Information and all claim forms required are listed below:
- Home Tuition Payment Information Notice 2023/2024
- AF-SNTG08 Home Tuition Payment Claim Form 2023/2024
- AF-SNTG14 Home Tuition Tusla Payment Claim Form 2023/2024
- Payment Dates and Non-Payable Dates for Home Tuition 2023-24
- AF-SNTG07 Home Tuition Maternity Related Absence Claim Form 2023-24
- AF-SNTG04 Home Tuition Tutor Bank Details Form 2023-24
- Payment Periods Information for Group Providers 2023-24
- AF-SNTG09 Home Tuition Group Providers Payment Claim Form 2023-24
Note: Where TUSLA engages a tutor, payment is issued to TUSLA directly
Queries relating to the payment to approved home tuition tutors:
Special Needs and Tuition Grants Unit
Address:
Special Needs and Tuition Grants (SNTG) Unit, Department of Education, Cornamaddy
, Athlone
, N37 X659
Email:
Phone number:
Queries relating to the application of a tax credit certificate for home tutors:
Non-teaching staff payroll – Home Tutors
Address:
Non-teaching staff payroll - Home Tutors, Department of Education, Cornamaddy
, Athlone,
, N37 X659
Phone number:
Summary:
Queries relating to the application of a tax credit certificate for home tutors
