Department of Education and Skills
WSE: School Information Form (Primary Schools)
AN CHIGIREACHT
1: Contact details
This School Information Form should be completed by the school principal and returned to the reporting inspector by e-mail.
Staff lists and other information may be returned as a separate attachment. For further details please consult A Guide to
WSE (Revised June 2010) which is available on the Department’s website (www.education.ie).
1: Contact details
Name of school:
Roll number:
Phone:
Fax:
Name of principal:
E-mail:
Name of chairperson of the board of management:
E-mail:
Name of chairperson of parents’ association:
E-mail:
Name of school patron:
E-mail:
NB: E-mail addresses are required fields. These are necessary so that the draft report can be sent to the principal and
chairperson for Factual Verification and School Response and for issue of the final report to all four recipients listed above.
2: Context factors that affect the work of the school
3 (a): School’s participation in Department programmes / initiatives
Name of DES programme/ initiative
Details
3 (b): School’s participation in other programmes / initiatives
Name of programme/ initiative
Details
4: Enrolment
Please enter the current
enrolment of the school
Number of pupils enrolled
Boys
Girls
Total
Date:
5: Attendance
School year
Number of pupils absent for more than 20 days
Boys
Girls
Total
2008-2009
2009-2010
6: Retention
School year
Number of pupils retained and not progressed to next grade level
Boys
Girls
Total
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
7: School Resources
7(a) Staffing: Teaching Staff
Please append a list of the teaching staff indicating the following:
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Name of teacher
Fully qualified (Yes/No)
Probation completed (Yes/No)
Class(es) / teaching role
Number of pupils in class group or caseload
Please include details of shared teachers not based in this school.
7(b) Staffing: External teachers, instructors or coaches
Provide details of any external instructors or coaches who work
in the school during school hours.
7(c) Staffing: Special Needs Assistants
Please append list of the SNA staff indicating the following:
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Name of SNA
Full-time or part-time
Number of DES-sanctioned pupils on the SNA’s caseload
Give details of any contribution or
fee paid by the school, parents or
others for this tuition.
7(d) In-school Management Resources
The list of post holders may be provided by completing the table below or on a separate list.
Posts of responsibility
Name
Post
Responsibilities (briefly state responsibilities of post-holders)
8: School Self-Evaluation
Describe briefly your planning and school self-evaluation process:
Have aspects of the school’s work been reviewed in the last year? If yes, please give details.
What (if any) are your priorities for review?
9: Staff development
What (if any) are current staff development priorities?
10: Engagement with the partners of the school community
How does the board of management contribute to the life of the school?
Are parents involved in the life of the school? If yes, please give details.
Does the school share information with parents regarding pupils’ progress? If yes, please give details.
11: Further information
Give details of any extracurricular activities organised by the school.
Additional general comments
Signature of principal:
Date:
If the information sought above is available as a separate school document, e.g. staff lists or other policy
documents, these can be appended to the form rather than filling in the relevant section.
The following school documents should be returned with the School Information Form:
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The school’s enrolment and admissions policy
The school’s attendance strategy
The school’s procedures for reporting and managing child protection concerns
Please return this form along with attached documents to the reporting inspector by e-mail within ten school days.
Thank you for completing this WSE School Information Form.