Paul Givan

Nick Mathison, Alliance chair of the Education Committee. Photo: Northern Ireland Assembly/PA Wire

Education reform: ​Alliance warn of 'already immense' teacher workloads

Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole.

Opposition leader questions Executive support for education reform

The Education Minister says the focus will now be on “what children learn, how and for what purpose”

Givan announces shake-up of Northern Ireland's education system

Caitlin-Rose McMullan, 11, died after after being struck by a car as she got off a school bus outside the village of Castledawson in Co Londonderry on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: McCusker Bros Funeral Directors

Caitlin-Rose McMullan: Funeral details for 'fun loving and happy girl'

Marking a decade of EastSide Learning supporting children and young people in east Belfast were, from left:Stuart Douglas EastSide Learning Manager, Laura Feeney Chair of EastSide Learning, Education Minister Paul Givan and Karen Hamilton Director of Strategic Development EastSide Partnership.

EastSide Learning marks a decade supporting children and young people in east Be...

The head of the Education Authority has defended its handling of the allocation of more than £700,000 to a school for a sports pitch.

Education Authority chief defends handling of school pitch funding

Students with special education needs can receive one-on-one help from classroom assistants. Photo: arrowsmith2 - stock.adobe.com

Classroom assistants: 14,000 stuck on temporary contracts by schools' cash woes

Education minister Paul Givan is launching a new school uniforms bill: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

New Stormont bill is aimed at making school uniforms more affordable

Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan

Paul Givan condemns ‘corrosive impact’ of industrial action on schools

Storm Eowyn caused millions of pounds of damage to school buildings across Northern Ireland, Stormont has heard

Storm Eowyn damage to schools in Northern Ireland cost millions, Stormont told

Education Minister Paul Givan has been criticised by opponents over money awarded by the Education Authority to a school in Londonderry. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Givan says he ‘did not influence’ school funding decision

Education Minister Paul Givan.

Boost for mainstream schools as government-controlled sector gets managing body

Photo from NIE Networks shows clearing damage by fallen trees, as around 43,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn. Issue date: Tuesday January 28, 2025. PA Photo.

200 engineers from GB deployed to help NIE after storm

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Ten schools still not able to open today but will provide remote learning

A fallen tree partially blocks Moat Street in Donaghadee in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. Photo: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

More than 30 schools still closed in Storm Eowyn aftermath

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Here is a list of the schools having to close today in Northern Ireland

These are schools unable to open today, according to the NI Direct site, after Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan said the majority of schools should be able to reopen by Tuesday.

Gemma Murray

Clear up work across Belfast to clear debris and trees which were felled due to Storm Éowyn. Residents clear up on Kirkliston Drive in east Belfast. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Further support for Northern Ireland from London in Storm Eowyn aftermath

Damage at Drumrane Primary School in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn. (Photo: Alan Robinson Facebook page)

MLA comments on 'significant damage' to school roof in Co Londonderry

The Met Office's forecast for winds as of 9am on Friday

Here are the services - including bin collections - axed due to Storm Eowyn

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Met Office issue RED weather warning for wind and danger to life

People walk in strong winds.

Watch: Map shows how strong winds will move across Northern Ireland

All schools advised to close

All schools advised to close tomorrow, Friday, as Storm Eowyn approaches

Religious balance in integrated schools is considered key to getting confidence for both communities but it’s unlikely that reasonable numbers of Catholic pupils could be achieved

Paul Givan: I was bound by law in my decision not to make schools integrated

Education minister Paul Givan decided not to grant integrated status to two Bangor schools last week

Letter: Criticism of minister’s decision is unfounded

In the case of both Bangor Academy (pictured) and Rathmore Primary around 80% of parents voted for their schools to become integrated

Letter: Refusal over integrated status is bewildering

David Honeyford MLA accused the DUP of "to stop our kids sitting in the same classroom" after the DUP education minister rejected integrated status for school where only three percent of the pupils were Catholic. Pic credit: Alliance

​DUP accuse Alliance MLA of 'wild, baseless accusations' over social media claim

‘You Need to Chill’ by Juno Dawson and ‘Introducing Teddy’ by Jessica Walton - two of the trans children’s books in NI Libraries’ collection

DUP minister says parents who object to trans toddler books should complain

The DUP communities minister has urged parents who are concerned about the proliferation of transgender children’s books in Northern Ireland's public libraries to complain directly to the library service.

Adam Kula

Morning View

Editorial: Suspension of industrial action by teaching unions is welcome news

Parents of pupils at Bangor Academy voted for the school to adopt integrated status

Letter: Givan clearly made the right choice re integrated schooling in Bangor

DUP MLA David Brooks, who sits on Stormont's education committee.

DUP slams Alliance Party's 'double standards' on parental choice

Parents of pupils at Bangor Academy voted for the school to adopt integrated status

Paul Givan: Why I turned down schools’ proposals for integrated status

Alliance Party MLA Kellie Armstrong. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Alliance MLA: Integrated education about changing schools' ethos

Education minister Paul Givan has rejected applications for integrated status for two schools in Bangor over a low percentage of pupils from a Catholic background.

Givan rejects integrated status for schools over low numbers of Catholic pupils

The guidelines mean that schools can decide whether or not parents should be told about any counselling their children receive

Schools deciding whether parents are told about children in counselling

Members of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in support of industrial action

Teaching unions vote for industrial action over pay

A teachers’ representative body has expressed concern over the appointment of Mervyn Storey as chairman of the Education Authority.

Teachers’ body concern over Mervyn Storey as Education Authority chair

School uniforms will be subject to new provincewide laws, instead of the guidance currently issues to schools.

School uniforms: Givan to bring cost law after public set 'clear direction'

Education Minister Paul Givan is pictured with Fearghal McKinney, Head of the British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland, and members of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service

Defibrillators to be provided to all schools in Northern Ireland.

Education Minister Paul Givan has launched a public consultation on a review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals and uniform grants

Eligibility for free school meals and uniform grants reviewed

Education Minister Paul Givan

Parents and guardians asked for views on future of childcare in Northern Ireland

Paul Beattie, Director of Managing Authority, SEUPB

Education Minister launches peacebuilding project 'OUR Generation'

Executive Office committee chair Paula Bradshaw met Michelle O’Neill before she appeared before them. ​If we could largely ignore Stormont, this might be easier to overlook. Instead, it has an increasingly direct impact on our lives

Owen Polley: Stormont ducks responsibility and it lacks accountability

A total of 42 libraries have shut across Scotland in the past decade

Teacher unions to ballot members for industrial action over pay

Comptroller and Auditor General Dorinnia Carville

Strategy to manage crumbling schools’ estate unsustainable, auditor finds

Morning View

Editorial: Some honesty is needed over the inefficiencies in school provision

Education Minister Paul Givan ignored his own official's advice by meeting with a Loyalist umbrella group, the Assembly has been told.

Givan ignored official's advice over meet with Loyalist group

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Education Minister Paul Givan has yet to comment on a Budget commitment for £700k of spending on integrated education.

Education Minister yet to comment on integrated education cash

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The Larchfield Estate Christmas Fair is raising funds to bring a powerful play t...

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Plan for NI children to stay in education or training until age of 18 announced

First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill and Sinn Fein's President Mary Lou McDonald have faced questions here and in the Republic over their handling of child safeguarding issues. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

SF's 'glowing reference' for Niall O Donnghaile raises leadership questions

Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill

Policy meetings with active paramilitaries should not be facilitated: O'Neill

Some villages such as Ahoghill already have the English translation (‘field of the yew tree’) of the original Irish name Achadh Eochaille displayed on their sign, but leave out the Irish words. This seems unnecessarily rude, writes A J Carton

Letter: ​Unified approach needed over signage

Education Minister Paul Givan

Paul Givan defends meeting group linked to loyalist paramilitaries

The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) have issued a statement saying that a delegation met with Communities Minister Gordon Lyons (pictured) on Wednesday

Loyalist Communities Council delegation meets with Communities Minister Lyons

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