Facilitating discussion relating to education in Northern Ireland.
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7 Dec 2023
PISA Results for NI: A Thread 🧵 [1]...
The most up to date PISA Report for Northern Ireland (2022) has just been published by the Department of Education and NISRA. It’s a 214 page document. Here's some of the findings.
5 Dec 2023
A major international survey of educational achievement of 15-year-olds shows that young people in Northern Ireland continue to perform highly compared to young people in other education systems across the world.
Further information - education-ni.gov.uk/news/ni-…
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19 Nov 2025
Today’s Supreme Court ruling on Religious Education and Religious Observance in NI schools, presents an important opportunity to address a subject that is often misunderstood, under-resourced, excluded from inspection frameworks, and—although controversial—frequently overlooked.
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22 Sep 2025
With the likely omission of Religious Education from the TransformEd Curriculum Review - is this a missed opportunity for overdue reform of the subject? Parents, education specialists, and students pen a letter highlighting concerns to the Education Minister.
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13 Sep 2025
In 2023 the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland — focusing on its recommendations for Religious Education (RE) stated the following...
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13 Sep 2025
4/ On collective worship, the Review is clear: RE should not be tied to worship. Instead, it must be an educational subject, taught objectively, without proselytising.
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13 Sep 2025
5/ In short: The Review wants NI to move beyond an exclusively church-led model of RE. The future must be inclusive, plural, professionally led, and focused on education outcomes rather than religious observance.
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13 Sep 2025
📖 Religious Education in NI isn’t part of the TransformED curriculum reform – and the Core Syllabus hasn’t been meaningfully updated in decades. Time for change towards an inclusive, modern approach? And what could RE reform look like?
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7 Sep 2025
A thread on the omission of Religious Education from TransformEd in light of recommendations from the Independent Review of Education.
Here's a Thread on the current context regarding Religious Education (including the role of religion generally) in schools across NI...
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NI Education Forum retweeted
1 Sep 2025
Education Minister @paulgivan has announced the appointment of five new members to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and its Diocesan Education Committees with effect from 26 August 2025.
🔗Find out more: education-ni.gov.uk/news/app…
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NI Education Forum retweeted
14 Sep 2024
NI school curriculum overhaul needed if all children are to reach their potential, says academic
✍️ @jmarkb1971
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
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2 Feb 2024
[Thread] 🧵 Another interesting, and accessible, read from @NISRA on GCSE and A-Level performance in NI for the 22/23 school year.
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2 Feb 2024
But is the poverty related attainment gap also narrowing? The answer is less clear... Although the link between Poverty and Attainment persists.
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2 Feb 2024
The Poverty Related Attainment in NI for 2022/23 is 10.8%
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2 Feb 2024
Key findings. The COVID impact on attainment data is clearly noted throughout. The current 2023/24 academic session will see the first complete return to pre-pandemic assessment arrangements with no 'Advanced Information' provided for schools.
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2 Feb 2024
GCSE (Year 12) performance between Grammar and Non-Grammar: Is the 'school type' attainment gap continuing to narrow? The data would seem to say so. What does this mean for the future of Grammar schools in NI?
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18 Jan 2024
Today teachers join other public sector workers in widespread industrial action across NI calling for pay parity.
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