Publications

The Education Minister's 2010 statement to the Assembly on the Department's review of all school capital projects.

This statistical bulletin presents an analysis of examination performance of pupils in year 12 and year 14 at post-primary schools in Northern Ireland for the 2008/09 academic year. Additional tables relating to the statistical bulletin can also be found below. 

Evidence-based paper to inform Early Years
Strategy

Guidance on the enrolment status of pupils, including those subject to SEN referrals, using Dual Registration.

This strategy identifies the particular issues facing the Department of Education in relation to early years and sets the direction of policy that the Department intends to take, working where appropriate with other departments towards common aims.

This statistical bulletin presents an analysis of examination performance of pupils in year 12 and year 14 at post-primary schools in Northern Ireland for the 2010/11 academic year. 

This circular provides guidance on changes to the Teachers' Premature Retirement Compensation Scheme ("the Scheme") in Northern Ireland

This circular, issued by the Department of Education, details the EF support arrangements for Phase II of the delivery of the Entitlement Framework by 2013.

Parents have a right of complaint against a decision of a school to refuse a child admission to a grant-aided school.

The purpose of this letter is to provide updated procedures which schools should use with respect to applications for admissions after 1 July 2010, when parents complain against the decision of a grant-aided school to refuse their child admission post-years 1 and 8.

The former Education Minister wrote to all grant-aided schools on 2 June 2010 reminding them about their responsibilities in relation to the prevention of drugs misuse (through drugs education programmes) and the protection of young people (through each school's drugs educ

This circular provides advice on the movement of Unique Pupil Numbers and student basic details between school sectors.

This statistical bulletin presents an analysis of the GCSE and A-level qualifications and destinations of pupils leaving post-primary schools in 2008/09.

Information relating to the employer-issued survey on violence/abuse against teachers.

The purpose of this publication is to present findings from the Northern Ireland Omnibus Survey - Education module 2011.

Description of arrangements for approval of initial teacher education programmes in Northern Ireland.

The purpose of this statistical bulletin is to present detailed, final attendance figures for schools for the 2008/09 academic year. It includes information on the rates of absence, type of absence and reason for absence.

The purpose of these statistics is to present suspensions and expulsions figures for schools for the 2008/09 academic year. It includes information on the rates of suspension and expulsion and the reason for suspension and expulsion.

Department of Education Resource Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010

This document presents the findings of an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on the draft Teachers’ (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations (NI) 2010 and complementary amendments to the Teachers’ Superannuation Regulations (NI) 1998.