Cork school loses teacher after delay in families moving into area leaves shortfall in pupil quota

The number of teachers allocated to a school is approved annually by the Department of Education based on enrolment numbers

Parents and pupils on the picket line outside Cloughduv National School in Co Cork, after the school lost a teacher due to being just two pupils short of the required number to retain the post. Picture: Dan Linehan

A primary school in a growing Cork village has launched a bid to save a teaching post that it lost after families moving to the area were delayed getting their keys.

As of last week, Cloughduv National School lost a developing teaching post after it narrowly missed the quota required by the Department of Education to retain the position.