Seven Kildare Schools Will Benefit From The Expansion Of DEIS Programme

Wednesday, 9 March 2022 14:47

By Caoimhe Harney

180,000 students across Ireland benefit from the DEIS programme.

A major expansion of the DEIS – Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools programme will see the programme extended to an additional seven schools in Kildare.

At a national level there are currently 884 schools and over 180,000 students benefit from the DEIS programme.

As a result of this announcement from September 2022, this will increase to 1,194 schools and over 240,000 students.

The Kildare schools that will benefit are listed below;

Primary ROLL_NO	Name	Address Line 1	Address Line 2	Address Line 3	County	Eircode	DEIS Status Change
17650K	SCOIL N IDE	Kilmead	Athy	Co. Kildare	Kildare	R14EV65	New Rural
17931S	SCOIL N BRIGHDE	Ticknevin	Carbury	Co. Kildare	Kildare	W91P868	New Rural
18031K	SCOIL N BRIDE	Suncroft	Curragh	Co. Kildare	Kildare	R56NR27	New Rural
13328I	ST PATRICKS N S	Morristown	Newbridge	Co. Kildare	Kildare	W12FH94	New UB2
20192A	GAELSCOIL ÁTHA Í	An Tom Ard	Baile Átha Í	Co. Chill Dara	Kildare	R14DP92	New UB2
18288B	SCOIL MHICHIL NAOFA	Mount Hawkins	Athy	Co. Kildare	Kildare	R14XD86	Urban.2 to Urban.1
18449W	ST CONLETHS N S	Derrinturn	Carbury	Co. Kildare	Kildare	W91KC79	Rural to Urban.2

Fianna Fail Education spokesperson Senator Fiona O’Loughlin commented: "I am pleased to see the Minister for Education Norma Foley TD announcing the expansion of the DEIS programme.

" Access to education must be universal, and the education we provide must meet the needs of each student.”

“The DEIS programme focuses on targeting additional resources at those schools with the highest concentrations of students who are at risk of educational disadvantage.

The DEIS identification model will now captures a greater breadth of disadvantage and accounts for severity of disadvantage through the application of a weighted process," she added.