Member's statement: Carrickfergus Academy: International School Award
Member's statement by Ms Cheryl Brownlee on .
- MLA
- Ms Cheryl Brownlee
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 11 February 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Carrickfergus Academy: International School Award
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4793302
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Text
I congratulate Carrickfergus Academy on its being awarded the British Council's International School Award. That prestigious recognition highlights the school's outstanding commitment to global connections and to promoting international education. Carrickfergus Academy continues to make a significant and positive impact on our local community, not only by providing high-quality education but by ensuring that young people develop cultural awareness and the skills that are needed to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world.
The academy's dedication to embedding international learning into the curriculum is commendable. A special thanks must go to Miss Fotheringham and her team, who have worked hard and whose passion played a vital role in securing the award. Their efforts to enrich the educational experience of our students and young people have helped to shape globally aware, forward-thinking people.
Once again, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to Carrickfergus Academy. The achievement is a testament to the school's dedication to excellence in education. I look forward to seeing the continued success of the staff and students as they build on their fantastic accomplishment.
174 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.02 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.01 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.03 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.02 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.77 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.20 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 11:56 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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