Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2025
414. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a primary school (details supplied) has not had a whole school evaluation since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36175/25]
View answerThe Inspectorate conducts an annual inspection programme that consists of a variety of inspection and advisory models. These range from short, one-day, unannounced inspections (incidental inspections) to longer announced inspections including curriculum evaluations (CE) and whole-school evaluations (WSE). Curriculum evaluations and whole-school evaluations, among others, lead to a published report, while advisory visits and incidental inspections do not. In scheduling its inspection programme, the Inspectorate adopts a risk-based approach to inspection planning, which is based on a range of criteria relating to early learning and care settings and schools.
Since 2016, St. Kieran’s School for the Travelling Community, Bray, Co. Wicklow has had three incidental inspections, two advisory sessions during the pandemic, and most recently in November 2024, a curriculum evaluation. While a whole-school evaluation has not taken place in the school since 2012, there has been regular and consistent engagement with the school during the intervening period. The table below documents the engagements with the school since 2016.
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Curriculum Evaluation of Music |
November 2024 |
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Incidental Inspection |
October 2022 |
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Incidental Inspection |
September 2021 |
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Resumption of Schooling (Advisory Session) |
October 2020 |
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Continuity of Learning (Advisory Session) |
May 2020 |
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Incidental Inspection |
October 2016 |
Reports arising from school inspections are published on www.gov.ie/DEInspectorate.
