Annual Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 61
Languages Provision
Additional Allocation to Schools to Support Diversification
of Foreign Languages Provision
Additional allocation to schools incentivises post-primary schools to deliver lesser-taught languages and
languages more recently added to the Leaving Certificate curriculum, for the purpose of diversification of
foreign language provision. For the academic year 2024/25 the additional allocation is available for Italian,
Japanese, Russian, Lithuanian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, and Portuguese. For schools to be registered, they
must have fully registered post-primary teachers available to teach the languages.
In the 2024/25 academic year, 17 schools received additional allocation of hours, an increase from the 14
schools in the 2023/24 academic year. See table below for details:
Language
Students
Chinese
6
Japanese
4
Lithuanian
1
Mandarin Chinese
1
Polish
4
Russian
1
Total
17
Six different languages are included in the scheme. A total of 71 classes of students from first year to sixth
year benefitted from the provision nationwide. Schools are supported with the new subject development
through visits from members of the PPLI Teaching and Learning team.
Impact: Additional Allocation
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The total number of schools in the scheme has increased to 17.
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Four schools employed new teachers: two for Polish, one for Italian, and one for Lithuanian.
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In the schools already availing of additional allocation, additional classes and year groups have been
introduced - the total number of classes of students benefitting from additional allocation is now 71.
Next Steps: Additional Allocation
•
Conduct a full review in 2025 of the Additional Allocation Scheme as a means of sustainably embedding
more recently added and lesser taught languages in the school and supporting diversification of
provision
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Further promote the opportunities under Circular 0006/2020 and facilitate additional allocation for
additional schools in the next academic year
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Continue targeted support for schools
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