One inspector for 40 primary schools ‘unacceptable’

PRIMARY schools can not be adequately supervised with just one inspector for every for 5,600 pupils, Fine Gael claimed yesterday.

Department of Education figures show there are 82 inspectors covering the country’s 3,284 primary schools and their estimated 460,000 pupils.

With just one member of the department’s inspectorate available for every 40 primary schools, Fine Gael education spokesman Brian Hayes described the situation as unacceptable.