Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to outline how he intends to assure parents, in the absence of inspections by the Education and Training Inspectorate, that specialist units in mainstream schools meet the needs of children with Special Educational Needs. Minister of Education: The Education Authority (EA) has overall responsibility … Continue reading AQO 71/22-27 – Special Educational Needs
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what urgent measures are being taken to resolve issues with the NI Supply Teacher Register to ensure full and prompt payment to teachers. [Priority Written] Minister of Education: The majority of the issues encountered in respect of the introduction of the new NI Supply … Continue reading AQW 4100/22-27 – NI Supply Teacher Register
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the current timeline for publication of the Childcare Strategy consultation. Minister of Education: I made a Ministerial Statement to Assembly members on 7 September 2022 providing an update on the work to develop an Executive Early Learning and Childcare Strategy. … Continue reading AQW 2894/22-27 – Childcare Strategy consultation
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail the current enrolment rates relative to capacity for each primary school in Mid Ulster. Minister of Education: Please see the table below for information on actual and approved enrolments for each primary school in the Mid Ulster constituency. The information relates to the 2021/22 school census exercise … Continue reading AQW 2703/22-27 – Primary school enrolment rates
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what provisions are currently in place in Mid Ulster for young children with special needs who require a nursery place. Minister of Education: All schools are required to make provision for children and young people with arange of special educational needs (SEN). However, for … Continue reading AQW 2704/22-27 – Nursery places for children with Special Educational Needs
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education how many post-primary places have been allocated for the Irish-medium sector in each academic year since 2016. Minister of Education: The number of places approved by my Department at Irish Medium (IM) post-primary schools in each academic year since 2016 is set out in … Continue reading AQW 2673/22-27 – Irish-medium Education
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education what steps she plans to take to increase the level of provision of special educational needs nursery places in Mid Ulster. Minister of Education: The Department aims to provide a funded pre-school place for every child in their immediate pre-school year whose parents want … Continue reading AQW 2630/22-27 – Special educational needs nursery places in Mid Ulster
Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Nurture Groups funded by her Department in (i) primary; and (ii) post-primary schools in Mid Ulster. Minister of Education: My Department currently funds one Nurture Group in Mid Ulster at Primate Dixon Primary School. Funding is provided to primary … Continue reading AQW 2463/22-27 – Nurture Groups in Mid Ulster
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