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Standardisation of School Year
Circular 0072/2022 Standardisation of the School Year in respect of Primary & Post-Primary Schools for the years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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INTO School Year Planner 2025/26
Download the INTO School Year Planner for the 2025/26 school year here. To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Lunchtime Supervision
Since the 2013/2014 school year, participation in the supervision scheme has been compulsory for all teachers. Each teacher is required to provide 43 hours of supervision per annum. This includes...
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Croke Park Hours
The Croke Park Agreement, at primary level, provides for an additional 36 hours per school year. The purpose of the additional time requirement is to provide for a range of...
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School Accommodation
General information on school accommodation Planning a school project Funding School design...
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General information on school accommodation
While much progress has been made on modernising school buildings over the past number of years, INTO continues to stress that adequate investment needs to be maintained to compensate for...
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Widow’s or Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension
If you are a widow or a widower you can apply for a Widow’s or Widower’s (Contributory) Pension, based on either your own or your late spouse’s PRSI contributions. This...
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Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI)
Under the social welfare code, Social Welfare Benefits can be divided into three main categories: To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Section 13 (9) Appeals Procedure
Section 13(9) of the Education Act 1998 gives any school or teacher dissatisfied with the professional work or conduct of an Inspector or an Inspector’s report the right to seek...
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Working Together
The original Working Together procedures have been in place since 2000, and both the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) and Voluntary Primary Management Bodies at primary level agreed that it...
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School Self-Evaluation
Circular 56/2022 School Self-Evaluation: Next Steps September 2022 – June 2026 was released in August 2022. To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Updated Child Protection Procedures 2025 – Summary Points
Child Protection Procedures for Schools To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Carer’s Leave
For comprehensive details of Carer’s Leave entitlements, refer to Chapter Six (PDF) of Department of Education circular 54/2019. To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Secondments
For comprehensive details of the Secondment scheme, refer to Circular 29/2018. To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Sick Leave
On 1 February 2024, the Department of Education published circular 13/2024, Sick Leave Scheme for Registered Teachers Employed in Recognised Primary and Post Primary Schools, here (PDF). To keep reading,...
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Adoptive Leave
For comprehensive details of Adoptive Leave entitlements, refer to Circular 47/2023 (PDF). To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Paternity Leave
For comprehensive details of the paternity leave scheme refer to Chapter Four of Circular 0054/2019 (PDF). To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Disadvantage Reports and Resources
Resources for DEIS Schools: Adapting and Managing Successful Transitions webinar To keep reading, please join us or log in....
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Language Reports and Resources
Appendix F (d) – Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year Criterion D – English as an Additional Language (EAL) Teaching Posts To keep reading,...
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Good Practice
INTO and management have identified the following key practices as being very important in the promotion of positive working relations. The presence or absence of these practices within the school...