Teachers Allocations 2015/2016

Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment.

Description

Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment.

The Department allocates staffing resources to primary, secondary, community and comprehensive schools and ETB schools (through Education and Training Boards – ETBs).  This includes:

• Allocation of mainstream primary classroom teaching resources to schools
• Allocation of teaching resources to second level schools and ETBs
• Allocation of other teaching resources to schools such as the combined General Allocation Model/English as an Additional Language (GAM/EAL) allocation and resource teaching posts
• Redeployment of teachers in accordance with the relevant redeployment schemes.

The staffing arrangements include provision for an appeals mechanism for schools to submit an appeal under certain criteria to an independent appeals board.

Teacher Allocations - Primary

Recent Information

• 16 November, 2015 - Panel access for fixed-term/temporary (this includes substitute) and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2016/17 school year
• 13 October, 2015 - Primary Staffing schedule tables for the 2016/17 school year
• 25 May, 2015 - Application for Part-time Resource Teaching Posts 2015-16 School Year

The Staffing Arrangements at Primary Level for the 2015/16 School Year are outlined in

• Circular 0005/2015 - Staffing Arrangements in Primary Schools for 2015/2016

Circular 0005/2015 Information and relevant forms -

• Appendix A - Primary Staffing schedule tables for the 2015/16 school year
• Appendix B - Enrolment thresholds for Administrative Principal and Administrative Deputy Principal Posts
• Appendix C - List of all schools showing the following allocations data for the 2015/16 school year
• Appendix D - Form GA cluster 2015 - Notification of newly clustered GAM/EAL posts for the 2015/16 school year
• Appendix E - Application form for access to the Main Redeployment Panel for surplus permanent teachers
• Appendix F - Application form for appeals to Staffing Appeals
• FAQs on Circular 0005/2015
• 10 key points to note on staffing arrangements in primary schools for the 2015/16 school year
• Redeployment Arrangements at Primary Level for Surplus Permanent & CID Holding Teachers
• Main Redeployment Panel Update Form for the 2015/16 School Year
• Form CID 2a - Application for Department Sanction for the award to a teacher, for the first time, of a contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) in the 2015/15 school year under the terms of Circular 0023/2015
• Form CID 2b - Application for Department Sanction for the award to a teacher of a further contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) in the 2015/16 school year under the terms of Circular 0023/2015 

Supplementary Panel 2016/2017

• Circular 0058/2015 - Panel access for fixed-term/temporary (this includes substitute) and part-time teachers to the Supplementary Redeployment Panel for the 2016/17 school year
• Application form for access to the Supplementary Panel 2016/17
• Supplementary Panel Update Form 2016/17 (Form PUF)

For further queries, contact:

E-mail: Primary Allocations: Primaryallocations@education.gov.ie

Address:
Primary Allocations Section,
Department of Education and Skills,
Cornamaddy,
Athlone,
County Westmeath,
N37 X659

Telephone: (090) 648 4155

More information available at the Department of Education Website