Sub-Group on Schools Admission Policy
On 24 November 2006, following a direction from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, the Assembly’s Business Committee established a Committee on the Programme for Government to consider the priorities for a new Executive and to make preparations for restoration. At its meeting on 27 November, the Committee agreed a work programme up to 30 January 2007. This included the setting up of a number of sub-groups including the Sub-Group on Schools Admission Policy.
The Sub-Group’s terms of reference are: -
- To examine the proposed new post-primary admission arrangements including:
- The Pupil Profile
- The Admissions criteria* for over-subscribed schools including any specific number or combination of criteria to be included and whether the criteria should be applied in a specific sequence
- To identify any other appropriate arrangements that may be considered
To report to the Committee on the Programme for Government by 10 January 2007
* Note: In the consultation document on new admissions arrangements the criteria were grouped under the broad categories of
- Family-Focused Criteria;
- Community-Based Criteria;
- Geographical Criteria; and
- Tiebreakers
Minutes of the Sub-Group
2007: 16 January / 8 and 12 January
2006: 22 December / 15 December / 8 December
Minutes of Evidence: 15 December / 8 December
Press Releases
PN 05/06 Sub group scrutinises schools admission policy
Pn 14/06 Sub-Group hears evidence from key stakeholders
Pn19/06 Sub-group considers key issues
PN20/06 Sub-group considers pupil profile
PN22/06 Sub-group considers report
Reports:
| Report Number | Date | Report Name |
ISBN Number |
| 2/06R | 22.01.07 | 978 0 339 60192 5 |