Consultations

Consultation on strengthening inspection legislation for schools and other education and training establishments. The consultation will run from 15 May to 10 July 2025.

The Department is consulting on ending the current practice of treating children who have a statement of special educational needs as supernumerary at all times

The Department is responsible for setting and varying schools’ approved admissions and enrolment numbers. The Department is seeking to bring more agility to the process of setting approved numbers and, to that end, is publishing...

Consultation on 16-18 Legislation - The consultation will run from 14 April to 4 July 2025 and can be accessed at Citizen Space alongside a Child and Young Person’s version. Links to Citizen Space can...

Department of Education Budget 2025-26 sets out the spending plans for the period from April 2025 to March 2026. This document details the Department's Budget 2025-26 allocations and how they will impact on the Department's...

The Department of Education has launched a consultation to hear your views and feedback on these proposed actions to inform, shape and improve final policy proposals to reflect changes to the law on Integrated Education...

The Department of Education (the Department) published for consultation a draft Statutory Rule titled the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025.

The Department of Education has launched a consultation on the options considered as part of the review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants

Department of Education Budget 2024-25 sets out the spending plans for the period from April 2024 to March 2025. This document details the Department's Budget 2024-25 allocations and how they will impact on the Department's...

The Department of Education currently has guidance in place which provides advice to schools on what they should consider when developing their uniform policies. While the existing guidance is detailed and advises on many elements...

The Department consulted by correspondence with ‘Specified Public Service Bodies’ between 16 April 2024 and 15 May 2024. The Consultation related to draft Guidance on their duties under The Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern...

The Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 became law on the 26 October 2022. This Act placed a duty on the Department of Education (DE) to prepare, publish and maintain a strategy for the encouragement...

Northern Ireland School Leavers Statistics – User Survey

Consultation launched on Statutory Guidance on the Reduction and Management of Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings. The closing date for the consultation has been extended to 10th November 2023.

The Department of Education has launched a consultation on the circumstances and arrangements which would enable a parent/carer to excuse their child from receiving age-appropriate, comprehensive and scientifically accurate education on sexual and reproductive health...

The Secretary of States Budget 2023-24 sets out the spending plans for the period from April 2023 to March 2024. This document details the Department of Education's proposed Budget 2023-24 allocations and how they will...

The Department of Education consulted on draft proposed NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme (NITPS) regulations required to implement phase two 'retrospective aspects’ of the McCloud remedy.

This consultation relates to the Department of Education’s draft 2023-2028 Corporate Plan. The Corporate Plan will set our strategic focus over the next five years and, working in partnership with stakeholders, it will help us...

Under the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, (The Act) all government Departments in Northern Ireland must specify by Regulations ‘Public Service Bodies,’ which must establish and maintain arrangements to ensure that period...

The Department has launched the 'Consultation on the Functions delivered by GTCNI on 13th June 2022 as set out by the Minister in her statement on 13 December 2021.