Some primary seven pupils receive transfer test results a day early

Suzanne McGonagle

SOME P7 pupils received their transfer test results on Friday - one day ahead of the majority of children.

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Suzanne McGonagle 25 Jan, 2023

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Suzanne McGonagle 25 Jan, 2023

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Suzanne McGonagle 24 Jan, 2023

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Suzanne McGonagle 24 Jan, 2023

AROUND one in five children due to start pre-school or P1 in September are yet to apply for a place.

School and church leaders express 'significant concerns' about impact of current crisis in education funding

Suzanne McGonagle 21 Jan, 2023

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Union will 'not stand by and watch the destruction of our schools and support services' amid crippling budget cuts

Suzanne McGonagle 20 Jan, 2023

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Suzanne McGonagle 18 Jan, 2023

THERE is "still a window of opportunity" for education employers to avert industrial action escalating in Northern Ireland, a teaching union said last night.

Catholic schools teachers plan to strike next month

Suzanne McGonagle 17 Jan, 2023

TEACHERS in the largest teaching union in Catholic schools in Northern Ireland are to strike next month.

University staff expected to take part in 18 days of strike action

Suzanne McGonagle 13 Jan, 2023

STAFF at Ulster University and Queen's University Belfast are expected to take part in 18 days of strike action before April.

Joint strike action by teaching unions could take place in February

Suzanne McGonagle 13 Jan, 2023

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Teaching union calls for more education in schools to address 'issues of domestic abuse and healthy relationships'

Suzanne McGonagle 13 Jan, 2023

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Protest held over plans to merge three Co Down schools

Suzanne McGonagle 12 Jan, 2023

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Online application process for pre-school and primary admissions opens

Suzanne McGonagle 11 Jan, 2023

THE online application process for pre-school and primary admissions to schools has opened.

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Some primary seven pupils receive transfer test results a day early

Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University staff begin first of 18 days of 'unprecedented' strike action

Pupils believing they face discrimination from teachers more likely to fall behind - research

Co Down nursery school apologises to former pupil and parents as disability discrimination case settled

'Urgent need' to help 'rebuild language provision' at FE colleges, researchers from QUB say

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Half-day strike by majority of teachers on February 21

Plans to merge two north Belfast schools will reduce number of single-sex primaries in NI to three

Closure of Co Armagh school would 'remove a critical resource at the heart of the minority Protestant community'

Around one fifth of children due to start in September still not registered for a place

School and church leaders express 'significant concerns' about impact of current crisis in education funding

Union will 'not stand by and watch the destruction of our schools and support services' amid crippling budget cuts

Teaching union says 'still a window of opportunity' for education employers to avert escalation of industrial action

Catholic schools teachers plan to strike next month

University staff expected to take part in 18 days of strike action

Joint strike action by teaching unions could take place in February

Teaching union calls for more education in schools to address 'issues of domestic abuse and healthy relationships'

Protest held over plans to merge three Co Down schools

Online application process for pre-school and primary admissions opens

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