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  • Road safety education

    Topics:
    • Support and development, 
    • Child protection and safeguarding

    The curriculum provides a range of opportunities for schools to highlight road safety.

    Road safety in schools

    At primary level, the issue of road safety is addressed mainly within Personal Development and Mutual Understanding and is also highlighted within The World Around Us. At post-primary level road safety is referred to in the Personal Development element of Learning for Life and Work.

    Schools may access resources to support road safety education on the CCEA website.

    Circular 2013/14

    DE Circular 2013/14 - Road Safety Education, informs schools about the findings of the Education and Training Inspectorate’s report 'A Baseline Survey of Road Safety Education in Primary and Post-Primary schools across Northern Ireland'.

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