Department of Education Department of Education and Science, Ireland.and Science, Ireland.

Educational Disadvantage and Educational Disadvantage and Social InclusionSocial Inclusion

Domnall Fleming April 2010Domnall Fleming April 2010

OverviewOverview

Primary School: 4 – 11/12 years

Secondary:

Junior Certificate – 12-15 years

Leaving Certificate – 15-18 years

Third Level:

Post-Leaving Certificate courses, Institutes of Technology, University.

Inspectorate:Inspectorate:

Education Act 1998 Section 13.

• An Inspector shall visit recognised schools and centres of education . . . and following

• consultation with the board, parents of students and teachers as appropriate . . .

• —Evaluate the organisation and operation of those schools and centres and the quality and effectiveness of the education provided in those schools and centres . . .

Key Statistics (Key Statistics (state funded schoolsstate funded schools))

• Primary: 450,000 students (8 year cycle) in 3000 schools

• Secondary: 320,000 students (6 year cycle) in 740 schools

• Third level: 140,000. (37,000 – 1980)

Educational Disadvantage and Educational Disadvantage and Social Inclusion.Social Inclusion.

• 1000 students do not transfer from Primary to secondary.

• 2400 leave secondary with no qualification.

• Approx 13% leave school with a Junior Certificate but without a Leaving Certificate.

DEISDEIS

Delivering

Equality of Opportunity

In

Schools

An Action Plan for Educational Inclusion.

DEISDEIS• 203 PP schools have DEIS status (740)

Focus on:

• Retention and attendance

• Literacy and numeracy

• Attainment and progression

• Partnership with parents

• Support for transitions

School Support Programme School Support Programme (Primary)(Primary)

Approx 300 Primary schools in areas of highest concentration of disadvantage

• Early start programmes and 20:1 PTR, home school community liaison, reading recovery programmes.

• other designated schools: Financial support and school book grant support.

Second-level SupportsSecond-level Supports

DEIS Schools

• School Completion Programme (SCP)

• Curricular support; Junior Certificate Schools Programme (JCSP), Leaving Certificate Applied Programme (LCA).

• Targeted supports for International students and Traveller students.

• Additional resources

Access and TransitionAccess and Transition

• Access programmes to third level.

• Youth reach programmes

• Back to Education initiatives

• Links with voluntary Youth sector services

ConcernsConcerns

• International students / refugee groups.

• Traveller students (access)

• Concentrated areas of disadvantage.

• Transfer, retention, completion.

• Retention of teachers

• Third-level uptake.

• League tables!