41 students in the one classroom

Bananaleaf

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/parents-withdraw-children-from-school-in-protest-over-41-students-in-class-37270150.html

This is primary school, but I know of two post-primary schools - one a relative works in and another where a friend does - who are facing similar issues.

Things are heading towards crisis point in our own place.

How bad is this going to get before a change gonna come??

TheDriver

Shocked that anyone thought they'd get away with resource to make up the gap.
At end of it all, there must be classes somewhere with lower numbers. We all have the same PTR ratio.

r93kaey5p2izun

Parents online claiming the JI have two classes of 14. Seems to be more to the story on all sides. Obviously it would be very wrong to use resource hours to split the class but I'm not at all shocked it was suggested given the many scandalous uses of these hours up and down the country.

byhookorbycrook

SEN teachers used this way may be taken from the school. But hey, Richard Bruton says it's not happening https://twitter.com/RichardbrutonTD/status/1035543303729627137

rainbowtrout

Paisleigh Quick Vat wrote: »

Parents online claiming the JI have two classes of 14. Seems to be more to the story on all sides. Obviously it would be very wrong to use resource hours to split the class but I'm not at all shocked it was suggested given the many scandalous uses of these hours up and down the country.

Sounds plausible. With 7 teachers for 190 pupils, ignoring SEN teachers, the pupil teacher ratio for the school is 1:27.

Two junior infant classes can't be justified if there are 41 in 5th and 6th class.

TheDriver

There's prob a whole other side to this story.....