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Allocation of teachers to schools


Description

Teacher allocations are approved annually in accordance with established rules based on recognised pupil enrolment.

The Department of Education allocates staffing resources to primary, secondary, community and comprehensive schools and ETB schools (through education and training Boards – ETBs). This includes:

  • allocation of mainstream primary classroom teaching resources to schools
  • allocation of teaching resources to second level schools and ETBs
  • redeployment of teachers in accordance with the relevant redeployment schemes

The staffing arrangements include a mechanism for schools to submit an appeal, under certain criteria, to an independent appeals board.

Primary

Staffing arrangements at primary level

Appendix A - Primary Staffing schedule tables
Schedule of Enrolment of Pupils Governing the Appointment and Retention of Mainstream Class Teachers in Ordinary Schools, Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht National Schools for the 2025/26 school year
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Appendix B - Enrolment thresholds for Administrative Principal and Administrative Deputy Principal post
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Appendix C - SET hours available for clustering
Appendix C - 2025/26
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Appendix D - Form S.E.T. Cluster
Special Education Teacher Post (Shared) 2025/26
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Appendix E - Application Form for Permanent/CID Holding Teachers’ Access to the Main Redeployment Panel
Application Form for Permanent/CID Holding Teachers’ Access to the Main Redeployment Panel for the 2025/26 school year
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Appendix F (a) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion A – Exceptional Accommodation Difficulties
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Appendix F (b) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion B – Additional Enrolments
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Appendix F (c) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion C – Projected Enrolment Post based on Additional Enrolments
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Appendix F (d) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion D – English as an Additional Language (EAL) Teaching Posts
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Appendix F (e) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion E – Small Schools
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Appendix F (f) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion F – School losing 3 or more Posts
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Appendix F (g) - Application to the Primary Staffing Appeals Board for the 2025/26 School Year
Criterion G – Alleviating some of the pressure on class sizes at infants level
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Appendix G - CID Declaration Form 25
Declaration by a school for the 2025/26 school year where a teacher has acquired a CID under Part A1 or A2 of Circular 0023/2015
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Appendix H - Form CIDApp – Application for Department sanction for the award to a teacher of a Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID)
orm CIDApp – Application for Department sanction for the award to a teacher of a Contract of Indefinite Duration (CID) in the 2025/26 school year in accordance with Circular 0023/2015
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Your questions answered on Circular 0011/2025
Frequently Asked Questions on Circular 0011/2025
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Your questions answered on Redeployment Arrangements at Primary Level for Surplus Permanent and CID Holding Teachers
Redeployment Arrangements at Primary Level for Surplus Permanent and CID Holding Teachers 2025/26
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Application for Projected Enrolment Post 2025/26
Form ProjEnrPost 25/26
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Panel Update Form 2025/26
Main Redeployment Panel Update Form for the 2025/26 school year - PUF 2025/26
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Release time for principal teachers in primary schools

Circular 26/2022 sets out the number of days that teaching principals may take as release time in a school year.

Principal Release Post Cluster Form 2025/26
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Application for temporary English as an Additional Language (EAL) support for the 2025/26 School Year

Application for temporary English as an Additional Language (EAL) support for the 2025/26 School Year
Prim-EAL 2025/26
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Notification of revised New-Entrant enrolments during the 2025/26 school year
Prim REV- EAL 2025/26
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Schools reconfiguration for diversity

Panel Form for Teachers in School Reconfiguration situations 2025/26
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Supplementary Panel 2025/26

0090/2024
The arrangements for access to the supplementary redeployment panels for the 2025/26 school year for eligible registered primary teachers in fixed-term/temporary positions (this includes substitute positions) and part-time positions in recognised primary schools
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Supplementary Panel Application Form 2025/26
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Supplementary Panel FAQs
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Supplementary Redeployment Panel update form 2025/26
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Post primary

Staffing arrangements at post-primary level

Relevant forms

Staffing Arrangements at Post Primary Level Forms

Post-primary redeployment scheme

Relevant forms

Post Primary Teacher Redeployment Scheme Forms

See Also

Contact

Teacher Allocations - Primary

Address:
Department of Education, Teachers Allocations Unit - Primary, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659
Email:

Primaryallocations@education.gov.ie

Telephone:
(090) 648 4155

Teacher Allocations - Post-Primary

Address:
Department of Education, Teacher Allocation Unit - Post-primary, Cornamaddy, Athlone, N37 X659
Email:

allocations@education.gov.ie

Telephone:
(090) 648 3998

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