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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 ...
This is a list of state maintained primary schools in Northern Ireland ... Whitehead, Northern Ireland; Lowwood Primary School, Belfast, County Antrim;
Cranmore Integrated Primary School Belfast: Grant maintained 1993 Crumlin Controlled Integrated Primary School Crumlin: Controlled Integrated Drumlins Integrated Primary School Ballynahinch: Grant maintained 2004 Enniskillen Integrated Primary Enniskillen: Grant maintained 1994 Forge Integrated Primary School Belfast: Controlled Integrated 1985
It is responsible for designing, developing, and administering examinations and qualifications, as well as overseeing the assessment and certification of students in Northern Ireland. CCEA advises the Department of Education on matters related to the curriculum, assessment, examinations, and external qualifications, as well as accrediting and ...
The lists of schools in Northern Ireland are divided into several articles: List of primary schools in Northern Ireland; List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland; List of grammar schools in Northern Ireland; List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
[1]: 10 Since 1974 the All Children Together (ACT) movement had been lobbying against the segregation in schools in Northern Ireland. The Education (Northern Ireland) Act, 1978 (Dunleath Act) contained a provision that allowed existing schools to transform to integrated status, but none succeeded. [1]: 21 Consequently, a group of parents ...
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).
The department is responsible for the following levels of education: [6] pre-school; primary; post-primary; special; Until 2016 the former Department for Employment and Learning was responsible for further and higher education policy in Northern Ireland. [7]