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Yes. Principals at the conference asked me, "Given the challenges and the pressures that we face, where will we find the capacity to take forward this transformation of our education system?". The answer to that is that, if we continue to do what we are doing, of course, the workload will be a result of our current…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload
Does the Minister believe that his TransformED strategy also has the potential to reduce workload?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload
I thank the Member for his question. On 1 May, I was pleased to announce the appointment of the independent panel that will undertake the review of teacher workload. The panel will examine all aspects of teacher workload and will monitor the implementation of the series of workload commitments issued alongside the pay…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Teacher Workload
Making sure that we had robust data was one of the issues, and I wanted to ensure that we had that. We made that commitment because we need reliable and comprehensive data and we have to have an evidence-based policy. The Department commissioned the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) to undertake…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Childcare Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Childcare
I thank the Minister for his response. Will he indicate whether the Department has sufficient data to inform its decision-making process?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Childcare Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Childcare
I thank the Member for the question. I am committed to bringing forward the early learning and childcare strategy in the autumn of this year. That will support child development, making childcare more affordable and enabling parents to work. Recognising that people needed immediate help, however, I secured £25 million…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Childcare Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Childcare
My team and the EA will continue to keep in close contact with the school. As we seek to make progress, matters around decanting and the support that would be needed will be well looked after. We have not reached the point of being able to allocate capital funding, however. I wish that greater levels of investment…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build
I thank the Minister for his response. I am disappointed to hear that, given that it is a multi-site arrangement. On interim arrangements for pupils during any building process at Enniskillen Royal, will you provide greater clarity on the decant to the old Devenish College site and say how the school can be assisted…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build
When it comes to capital investments that we seek to take forward, such as for the school that the Member has mentioned, we pursue the various stages. I welcome the stage that that school is at, which the Member has articulated. Before entering into a contractual obligation, we need to make sure that capital funding…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: New Build
Since the first engagement event that was held in Millisle and Donaghadee, which was in November last year, my officials have been working with key stakeholders to understand the context of the area and identify the key issues around educational underachievement. Children and young people from Millisle Primary School,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE
I thank the Minister for his answer and for his commitment and efforts to tackle the major issue of educational underachievement. Will the Minister provide a further update on the work of the RAISE programme in my constituency, including Donaghadee and Millisle?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE
The roll-out of the RAISE programme in its localities across Northern Ireland is about investing in, monitoring and evaluating whole-community and place-based approaches to raising achievement and reducing educational disadvantage. That is key to my commitment in TransformED. More widely, narrowing the gap for…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Educational Underachievement: TransformED and RAISE
I have addressed that issue before in the Assembly, including earlier in Question Time. We can have a circular conversation about academic selection. For over 20 years, that conversation has been taking place with no consensus being achieved. Academic selection has its supporters, and there are those who do not…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions
Minister, will you commit to ending all forms of academic selection as part of your agenda for educational reform, given the well-documented stress and anxiety that our young people experience when sitting the test, for example?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions
I commend the young people who have come through their primary-school education. The period of moving to post-primary school can be a challenging one. There will, undoubtedly, have been disappointment for some over the weekend, but they should not allow that disappointment to define who they are. Every school that we…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Secondary School Admissions
The child subsidy scheme, which this party developed, executed and took forward, is already helping to meet some of the costs for those families. We can develop the 22·5-hour standardisation. We have already brought 106 settings online for the next academic year. I want to bring another 100 online for 2026. The more…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions
I am really grateful to the Minister for that comprehensive answer, because, as he well knows, the current criteria are proving really detrimental to working families, who either struggle to get their child placed and end up paying for childcare or get their child placed far from home. I give credit to the Minister…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions
Admissions criteria are set by preschool providers, taking into account guidance provided by the Department, and thus the Department cannot amend them. However, legislation requires that providers must prioritise children from socially disadvantaged circumstances in their admissions criteria. I am of the view that…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Preschool Admissions
I thank the Member for the question. It is important that there is absolute clarity on the matter: the Education Authority, not my Department, provides the operational guidance to schools. Therefore, it, first and foremost, needs to ensure that its guidance complies with the Supreme Court ruling. I am clear on the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
Can the Minister confirm that the Supreme Court judgement did not change the law but merely clarified it? Has he ever sought legal advice on the issues that I have raised with him over the past eight months about the use of school toilets and of pronouns?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
The Member is right to say that every child in our education establishments should not be bullied and not be harassed. Where that takes place in schools, effective measures need to be put in place to address such issues. Those measures should be applied irrespective of sexual orientation. We want every child to feel…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
Minister, you know that our schools should be safe havens and safe spaces for all young people. I know that you have said that on a few occasions. Given that 48% of LGBTQIA young people admit that they have been bullied in schools, and given that we know that they are more at risk of suicidal tendencies and self-harm,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
I thank the Member for his question. I have asked my officials to consider the implications of the ruling across the education system in order to ensure that the Department, all its arm's-length bodies (ALBs) and schools are in compliance with the legal definition of "sex" and balance the rights of all pupils. It is…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
I thank the Minister for his answer. What is his assessment of the potential implications of the Supreme Court judgement for Northern Ireland's education settings, particularly schools?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
In light of the recent UK Supreme Court judgement, I have asked my officials to consider the Department's policy in that area. I intend to set out the Department's policy on the issue in the coming weeks. Let me make it clear, however, that, regardless of the recent court decision, I do not believe that a boy who…
Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues Criteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
Assessment details for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
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