Circular 0055/2026 set out increases to pay due to primary teachers from 1 June 2026 under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026. The circular replaced the previous primary teacher salary circular for the earlier 2026 pay stage.
Circular 0056/2026 revised post-primary teacher salary arrangements from 1 June 2026 under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026. The change applies to the post-primary sector.
Circular 0057/2026 revised salaries for Special Needs Assistants from 1 June 2026 under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026. The circular applies across primary, post-primary and ETB sectors.
Circular 0058/2026 revised salaries and allowances for certain grades other than teachers and SNAs employed by Education and Training Boards from 1 June 2026. The change was made under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026.
Circular 0061/2026 revised salaries for school secretaries previously grant funded and bus escorts from 1 June 2026. The update was made under the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026.
Ireland issued Circular 0032/2026 setting out the role, responsibilities and duties of Special Needs Assistants in recognised primary, post-primary and special schools. The circular supersedes earlier Department circular letters 30/2014 and 71/2011.
The Ministry of Education reported that 95 percent of applicants to public upper secondary programmes received a place at their first-choice school in 2026. The update covers stx, hf, hhx and htx programmes.
The Ministry of Education published a report combining PISA and PIAAC data to examine how reading performance at age 15-16 relates to skills, education and labour-market outcomes 14 years later. The report found strong links between weak reading performance in adolescence and lower later educational attainment.
The Directorate for Education and Training stated that newly qualified kindergarten teachers from Steiner University College can now be employed as pedagogical leaders in all types of kindergartens without additional kindergarten-pedagogy education.
The Directorate for Education and Training published new guidance for schools providing Sami language instruction by distance teaching. The guidance clarifies school responsibilities and supports planning, organisation, and follow-up for pupils with a right to Sami instruction.