2024/2025 HTSEN1

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Form - HTSEN1

APPLICATION FOR HOME TUITION FOR 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Please read the following information carefully in conjunction with Circular 0050/2024 before

completing the Application Form. The circular can be viewed at gov - Home Tuition (www.gov.ie)

Purpose

The purpose of the Home Tuition Grant Scheme is to provide funding towards the provision of a

compensatory educational service for

•Pre-School children aged between 2 ½ and 3 years with a diagnosis of autism

•Pre-School children aged from 3 years upwards who meet the scheme’s eligibility criteria

•Students seeking a special school or special class placement in a recognised school

The aim of the Department is to meet the needs of families and to ensure every child is allocated a

suitable school placement. The preferred approach is that children are educated in school settings

where children may have access to fully qualified teachers, individualised education programmes,

special needs assistants, school curriculum with the option, where possible and appropriate, of full or

partial integration and interaction with student peers. Accordingly, Home Tuition is provided as an

interim measure only for children for whom a placement in a recognised school is not currently available

and should not be regarded as an optional alternative to a school placement.

Important Notice

No tuition should take place until written confirmation of tutor/s sanction has been issued to you by the

Department and payment will not be made in respect of any tuition delivered prior to the approved

dates.

The closing date for receipt of applications under the HTSEN1 strand of the scheme for the 2024/2025

school year is: 30th May 2025 .

The following periods will not be covered for payment for any student availing of the Home Tuition

Grant Scheme:

October 2024 mid-term break: Monday 28th October 2024 to Friday 01st November 2024 inclusive.

Christmas 2024: Monday 23rd December 2024 to Friday 03rd January 2025 inclusive.

February 2025 mid-term break: Monday 17th February 2025 to Friday 21st February 2025 inclusive.

Easter 2025: Monday 14th April 2025 to Friday 25th April 2025 inclusive.

Bank Holidays: All bank holidays which fall within the school year

Home Tuition should reflect the school day and be provided between (9am– 6pm). Home Tuition should

not take place during school holidays, bank holidays and weekends.