Roll books provide the basis of important official returns upon which staffing and funding provisions are determined. School Governance Section provides schools with these books which are official records.
- Leabhar Rolla (Roll Book) records the daily and cumulative attendance of individual pupils.
- Leabhar Tinrimh Laethúil (Daily Attendance Book) records summary information in relation to daily, monthly and annual attendance of pupils.
- Clárleabhar (Register) is a record of a schools registered pupil enrolments.
- Post Primary Attendance Books.
- Foirm V22 and Foirm V23 are used by ETBs for enrolment in night classes.
Please note that there are changed arrangements for roll books in schools where POD is fully operational. Further information is available at Primary Online Database (POD)
The Leabhar Tinrimh Laethúil (daily attendance book) is no longer available in hardcopy but a digital copy is available here.
For all other roll books, school principals should send their email request to requestrollbooks@education.gov.ie
Only roll book requests received from school principals which contain the following required information will be processed:
- school roll number, name and address.
- name and quantity of the relevant roll book required.
- the reason(s) why the roll book(s) are required.
- only roll books required for the current school year should be requested.
- an exception will be made in the case of requests received in the last 2 months of a school year where the roll books are required for the September of the next school year.
- name and mobile number of the designated person to sign for delivery of the books.
- where a request is made during school summer holidays confirmation of the dates the designated person will be available at the school to receive delivery of the roll books must be provided.
- Circular 0033/2015 - Updating and simplifying the manner in which schools can maintain pupil enrolment and attendance records (Clárleabher, Leabhar Rolla and Leabhar Tinrimh Laethiúl) following the introduction of the Primary Online Database (POD)
- Circular 0028/2013 - Simplified arrangements for the maintenance of the Register (Clarleabhar), Roll Book (Leabhar Rolla) and Daily Attendance Book (Leabher Tinrimh Laethúil)
- Leabhar Tinrimh Laethúil (daily attendance book)
- Sample of the 3 roll books currently in use
- Primary Online Database (POD)
