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May 30, 2025
Education Wellbeing Teams – Information for Schools

From: Department of Education and Youth

Published on: 30 May 2025

Last updated on: 30 May 2025

May 29, 2025
Publication of Child Protection Procedures for Schools 2025

From: Department of Education and Youth

Published on: 29 May 2025

Preceded by: 0036/2023

Please click to Download 0041/2025

May 29, 2025
Grant Scheme for ICT Infrastructure 2025

From: Department of Education and Youth

Published on: 29 May 2025

Please click to Download 0042/2025

May 28, 2025
Special Needs Assistant Allocation 2025/26

The purpose of this Circular is to advise schools of arrangements for the allocation of special needs assistant (SNA) support to mainstream classes in primary and post primary schools for the 2025/26 school year.

May 12, 2025
Post-Graduate Diploma Programme of Teacher Professional Learning for Special Education Teachers, 2025/2026

Post-Graduate Diploma Programme of Teacher Professional Learning for Special Education Teachers, 2025/2026

May 12, 2025
Graduate Certificate in Autism Education for Teachers Working with Autistic Pupils in Special Schools, Special Classes or as Special Education Teachers in Mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2025/2026

Graduate Certificate in Autism Education for Teachers Working with Autistic Pupils in Special Schools, Special Classes or as Special Education Teachers in Mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2025/2026

May 06, 2025
Update to the capturing/entry of pupil ethnicity to the Primary Online Data (POD) and the Post-Primary Online Database (PPOD).

This circular provides supplementary information on the Primary Online Database (POD) and the Post-Primary Online Database (PPOD) in light of the upcoming introduction of the National Equality Data Strategy, and adds to section 5 of Circular 50/2015. In short, the circular updates the categories of ethnic or cultural background that schools should capture when enrolling a pupil, and makes the capturing of such data mandatory

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