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The Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 introduced a school system which included a government-run eleven-plus post-primary transfer test as an entrance exam for grammar schools; this had previously been introduced in England and Wales in 1944. The test, a form of academic selection, was retained in Northern Ireland whereas England and Wales ...
However, as is the case in England and Wales, all teachers in Scotland and Northern Ireland are required to register with either the General Teaching Council for Scotland or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland; the General Teaching Councils will consider only graduates with teaching qualifications (such as a BEd, PGCE or PGDE) for ...
The Ulster Teachers' Union is a trade union based in Northern Ireland, whose membership comprises nursery, primary, and secondary school teachers and school leaders working in the state sector. It has 6,429 members. [ 1 ]
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and largest teachers' trade union in Ireland.It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland.
There are 547 Catholic-managed schools in Northern Ireland. [4] According to the latest figures from the Department of Education, the number of pupils registered at school in Northern Ireland is 329,583. The number of pupils attending Catholic-managed schools is 148,225, approximately 45%.
Loughries Integrated Primary School Newtownards: Controlled Integrated 2016 Loughview Integrated Primary Belfast: Grant maintained 1993 Mallusk Integrated Primary School Mallusk: Controlled Integrated Maine Integrated Primary School Randalstown: Grant maintained 2003 Mill Strand Integrated Primary School and Nursery School Portrush: Grant ...
This is a list of primary schools in Northern Ireland in which education is primarily conducted in Irish.There are 39 listed below and in each of the 6 counties, in descending order, there are: 11 in Antrim (Antroim), with 9 in Belfast (Béal Feriste) alone, 10 in Tyrone (Tír Eoghan), 8 in Londonderry (Doire ), 5 in Down (An Dún) 4 in Armagh (Ard Mhaca) 1 in Fermanagh (Fear Manach).
Integrated education in Northern Ireland refers to the bringing together of children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions in childhood education: the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all cultural and religious backgrounds.