Publications

Delivering the Entitlement Framework: Guidance to Schools 2019/20

Full Service Community Network Annual Report 2018/19

This circular sets out for the attention of Boards of Governors and Principals the legal position regarding the use of school premises for political events.

This circular provides guidance to schools on managing pupil attendance and on the use of C2k absence codes. 

Advice and guidance on the use of optional and exceptional school closures.

This Circular provides information on the recording of Shared Education participation and clarifies the location of the Data Collection form on SIMS that is to be used by schools.

This Circular advises Principals and Boards of Governors of the arrangements for requesting extra Sixth Form places for schools likely to be oversubscribed when receiving year 13 applications.

This circular provides information to support schools preparing or revising their school development plans. It also sets out benchmarking information to inform target setting.

The Levels of Progression 2017/18 paper outlines the methodology applied by the Department of Education (DE) to 2017/18 Key Stage Assessment data in order to generate specific high-level NI averages which can be utilised by the Department and schools in their key policies and

The circular updates information about the employer contribution rate for members of the NI Teachers' Pension Scheme (NITPS) from 1 April 2019.  The briefing paper provides additional information about the change to the employer contribution rate.

Circular 2019/05 provides information to support schools preparing or revising their school development plans. It also sets out details of the annual key stage outcomes data and the way in which the 2017/18 averages have been calculated.

This circular updates information about changes to salary bands for contribution rates for members of the NITPS from April 2019.

This Circular provides guidance on the new address functionality that is being implemented in SIMS and why it is required.

This Circular provides advice for the Principals and Boards of Governors of grant-aided primary and post primary schools in relation to the Department’s consideration of requests from schools to temporarily vary the school’s approved admission and or enrolment numb

Links to tickets for Home to School Transport Review engagement events

SEN and Medical Categories Guidance

Circular 2019/02 sets out the arrangements for meeting the cost of the provision of substitute cover for the 2018/19 assessment arrangements.