407 Deputy Seán Power asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be allocated an additional teacher for September 2010 in response to increased enrolment at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30319/10]

The number of mainstream class teachers appropriate to a school for the 2010/11 school year is determined by reference to the school's valid enrolment on 30 September, 2009 in accordance with the staffing schedule (Primary Circular 0021/2010) which is available on my Department's website. The schedule is a transparent and clear way of ensuring that schools are treated consistently and fairly and know where they stand.

Within the terms of the staffing arrangements for primary schools there is provision for additional posts, referred to as developing school posts, to be assigned to schools on the basis of projected enrolments for the next school year. Under these arrangements, a developing school post may be sanctioned provisionally where the projected enrolment at 30th September of the school year in question equals or exceeds a specified figure. If the specified figure is not achieved on 30th September, sanction for the post is withdrawn.

It is open to the Board of Management of the school referred to by the Deputy to apply under developing school arrangements if it is experiencing such an increase in enrolment.