Annual Report - Highlights of 2021/2022
- Published: 01 September 2022
DE Fortnightly Update
- Published: 23 June 2022
The Department of Education now issues a fortnightly update during term-time, compiling the key circulars, information notes, press releases and other materials published in the previous two weeks.
This has come about as a result of ongoing advocacy and representation work by IPPN, unions, Patron bodies and others, working with the DE on the Primary Education Forum and also on the Communications Sub-committee.
This new update is intended to support school leaders, to ensure that they do not miss out on important information.
Materials will also continue to be issued to schools via email and through alerts on the OLCS Esinet portal.
Please ensure that the email address for your school is up-to-date on POD, as this is the distribution list used.
The email update comes from schoolcommunications@education.gov.ie This is a broadcast-only email address, so should not be used for queries to the Department, which can be sent to the relevant section.
The update will issue once each month in July and August, and will resume fortnightly in September.
EducationPosts.ie Support Hours
- Published: 23 June 2022
Advertisements from existing EducationPosts.ie accounts activate automatically by the system after 30 minutes and are published on the website according to the Requested Activation Date.
Accounts that have not previously advertised on EducationPosts.ie must have their first advertisement manually approved by the Support Team. Advertisements are activated every 3-4 hours during office hours in order of receipt (9:00am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday). Advertisements uploaded to the website after 5.00pm on Friday or anytime on Saturday and Sunday will be activated the following working day.
For public holidays in Ireland, advertisements will be activated the next working day.
If you have any queries, please see the Job Advertiser FAQ, or email info@educationposts.ie
The most up-to-date information available to schools on the advertising timelines for teacher vacancies is Information Note 08/2022. Teacher, Deputy Principal and Principal posts must be advertised on EducationPosts.ie for 7 days. To be compliant with recruitment advertising timelines, EducationPosts.ie will not permit advertisers to select a closing date earlier than is permitted by DE guidance. If there is any future DE guidance on this topic, EducationPosts will be updated immediately.
Click here to view DE Circular 44/2019 (Teacher Recruitment & Appointment Procedures)
Click here to view Information Note 8/2022 on Circular 0044/2019
Book Grants 2022
- Published: 02 June 2022
The DE has announced that once-off funding is being made available to primary schools to purchase books, audio books and other media for the purposes of improving their existing literacy-resource banks.
The grant to schools will be paid in line with recognised pupil enrolment on 30 September 2021. The grant paid to primary schools with an enrolment of equal to or less than 60 pupils is based on a minimum enrolment of 60 pupils. The grant rate is €21 per pupil for all recognised primary schools. Schools are not required to apply for this grant funding as the grants are paid directly to schools.
The grant cannot be used for the purchase of textbooks or to supplement the book-grant funding currently provided annually.
Click here for more information on the Book Grants 2022
Click here for FSSU guidance on the Book Grants 2022
