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INTO advice on wellbeing and staying well

25/06/2020

Stress and anxiety come hand in hand with change and uncertainty. Here are some resources we have gathered to promote and nurture wellbeing...

Guidance on recording additional principal release days – OLCS

24/06/2020

INTO has been made aware that the OLCS is currently not equipped to record the additional principal release days set out in Circular 20/2019. Schools are advised to follow this DES guidance...

Further guidance published on July Provision

23/06/2020

Throughout the current crisis, the INTO have set out the need for all decisions to be based on public health advice and open engagement with stakeholders...

Update on notification of CID application decisions

22/06/2020

The DES has informed INTO that almost all notifications regarding applications for CIDs have been issued to schools at this stage and only a very small number remain...

DES issues latest panel update

19/06/2020

The Department of Education and Skills has issued an update on the main panel. There are currently 31 teachers awaiting redeployment...

No new SSE requirements for next school year

17/06/2020

The Department of Education and Skills has issued Circular 40/2020 in relation school evaluations for 2020/21. 

Bloomsday 2020

16/06/2020

Bloomsday celebrates Thursday 16 June 1904, the day depicted in James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. This year’s festival has been impacted by Covid-19 restrictions but there are so many creative and imaginative ways to celebrate this occasion...

INTO secures class size commitment but questions linger – Draft Programme for Government 

15/06/2020

INTO notes the commitment in the draft government programme to reducing class sizes and addressing the funding gap at primary level...

Department provides additional clarification on reopening schools

15/06/2020

The Department of Education and Skills (DES) circulated a letter to schools at the weekend which clarifies a number of issues that were raised by INTO. The following key activities are now underway within the department...