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Special Education Circulars

  • Circular 0024/2025 Criteria for Enrolment in Special Classes for Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) or Speech Sound Disorder (SSD)
  • Circular 0023/2025 Review of Enrolment in a Special Class
  • Circular 0022/2025 Postgraduate Certificate/Diploma of Teacher Professional Learning for Teachers working with Students with Special Educational Needs - Autism
  • Circular 0081/2024 Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations Guidelines for Schools in Supporting Students
  • Circular 0080/2024 New measures to support the Forward Planning for Special Education Provision
  • Circular 0049/2024 Special Needs Assistant Allocation 2024/25
  • Circular 0025/2024 Report of Education Need for the Purpose of the Assessment of Need Disability Act 2005.
  • Circular 0028/2024 Appointment of Administrative Deputy Principals and Staffing Arrangements in Special Schools to take effect from the 2024/2025 school year
  • Circular 0024/2024 Post-Graduate Certificate/Diploma of Teacher Professional Learning for Teachers working with Students with Special Educational Needs (Autism)
  • Circular 0019/2024 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme of Teacher Professional Learning for Special Education Teachers, 2024/2025
  • Circular 0018/2024 Graduate Certificate in Autism Education for teachers working with Autistic Pupils in Special Schools, Special Classes or as Special Education Teachers in mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2024/2025
  • Circular 0003/2024 Special Education Teacher (SET) allocation model and the calculation of the SET allocation for each school from the 2024/25 school year (Post-Primary schools)
  • Circular 0002/2024 Special Education Teacher (SET) allocation model and the calculation of the SET allocation for each school from the 2024/25 school year (Primary schools)
  • Circular 0031/2023Home tuition grant scheme for children without a school place
  • Circular 0014/2023 Post-Graduate Certificate/Diploma Programme of Continuing Professional Development for Teachers working with Students with Special Educational Needs (Autism)
  • Circular 0012/2023 Graduate Certificate in the Education of Pupils on the Autism Spectrum (AS) for teachers working with Pupils on the AS in Special Schools, Special Classes or as Special Education Teachers in mainstream Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2023/2024
  • Circular 0001/2023 Advice on the use of assessment instruments/tests for guidance or for additional and special educational needs (SEN) in post-primary schools
  • Circular 0075/2022 Commencement of the Education (Provision in respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Act 2022 and commencement of remaining sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 .
  • Circular 0070/2022 Enhancement to Irish Sign Language (ISL) Scheme provision – Post-primary
  • Circular 0069/2022 Enhancement to Irish Sign Language (ISL) Scheme provision
  • Circular 0010/2022 Policy on Gaeltacht Education 2017-2022: Primary schools and special schools in gaeltacht language-planning areas participating in the gaeltacht school recognition scheme: Ongoing implementation of the scheme (2022-2024)
  • Circular 008/2019 Special Education Teaching Allocation – Post-primary
  • Circular 007/2019 Special Education Teaching Allocation – Primary
  • Circular 003/2022 Post-Graduate Diploma Programme of Continuing Professional Development for Special Education Teachers, (2022/2023)
  • Circular 0014/2017 Special Education Teaching Allocation – Post-primary schools
  • Circular 0013/2017 Special Education Teaching Allocation – Primary