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Facilitating discussion relating to education in Northern Ireland.

Belfast, Northern Ireland Katılım Ekim 2016
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PISA Results for NI: A Thread 🧵 [1]... The most up to date PISA Report for Northern Ireland (2022) has just been published by the Department of Education and NISRA. It’s a 214 page document. Here's some of the findings.
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A major international survey of educational achievement of 15-year-olds shows that young people in Northern Ireland continue to perform highly compared to young people in other education systems across the world. Further information - education-ni.gov.uk/news/ni-pupils…

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Today’s Supreme Court ruling on Religious Education and Religious Observance in NI schools, presents an important opportunity to address a subject that is often misunderstood, under-resourced, excluded from inspection frameworks, and—although controversial—frequently overlooked.
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With the likely omission of Religious Education from the TransformEd Curriculum Review - is this a missed opportunity for overdue reform of the subject? Parents, education specialists, and students pen a letter highlighting concerns to the Education Minister.
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5/ In short: The Review wants NI to move beyond an exclusively church-led model of RE. The future must be inclusive, plural, professionally led, and focused on education outcomes rather than religious observance.
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4/ On collective worship, the Review is clear: RE should not be tied to worship. Instead, it must be an educational subject, taught objectively, without proselytising.
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In 2023 the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland — focusing on its recommendations for Religious Education (RE) stated the following...
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📖 Religious Education in NI isn’t part of the TransformED curriculum reform – and the Core Syllabus hasn’t been meaningfully updated in decades. Time for change towards an inclusive, modern approach? And what could RE reform look like?
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Here's a Thread on the current context regarding Religious Education (including the role of religion generally) in schools across NI...
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Education Minister @paulgivan has announced the appointment of five new members to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and its Diocesan Education Committees with effect from 26 August 2025. 🔗Find out more: education-ni.gov.uk/news/appointme…
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The Poverty Related Attainment in NI for 2022/23 is 10.8%
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But is the poverty related attainment gap also narrowing? The answer is less clear... Although the link between Poverty and Attainment persists.
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[Thread] 🧵 Another interesting, and accessible, read from @NISRA on GCSE and A-Level performance in NI for the 22/23 school year.
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GCSE (Year 12) performance between Grammar and Non-Grammar: Is the 'school type' attainment gap continuing to narrow? The data would seem to say so. What does this mean for the future of Grammar schools in NI?
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Today teachers join other public sector workers in widespread industrial action across NI calling for pay parity.
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