Education Minister opens new £16.5million Elmgrove Primary School
Education Minister Paul Givan has officially opened the new £16.5million Elmgrove Primary School. The new build project comprises 21 classrooms, four specialist SEN rooms with supporting accommodation, a dedicated Nurture room, […]
Education Minister announces expansion of Pre-School education provision
Education Minister Paul Givan has announced that an additional 102 pre-school settings across Northern Ireland have been approved to offer full-time pre-school education from September 2026. This is the second […]
Children’s Law Centre Urges MLAs: SEND Transformation Must Deliver Real Change for Children
Appearing before the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Education Committee today (Wednesday 3rd December) as part of its inquiry into Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), the Children’s Law Centre (CLC) acknowledged […]
Food Banks in Northern Ireland Brace for Winter Surge
New figures from Trussell reveal a rise in the need for winter food parcels across Northern Ireland, compared to five years ago. Over 23,000 emergency food parcels were distributed overall last winter between […]
Children and young people mark World Children’s Day at Stormont and call for UNCRC to be incorporated into NI law
To celebrate World Children’s Day on 20 November, children and young people from across Northern Ireland are attending Stormont today to champion their rights, highlight the issues that matter most […]
Masking: A Hidden Crisis Among Neurodivergent Females
The Nook Clinic, led by Dr Selina Warlow, is raising urgent awareness of an oftenoverlooked issue: masking, the effort to conceal symptoms of autism and also ADHD, especially among older […]
Why is my child melting down after school?
A Parent’s Guide to Navigating School Transitions by Katrina Mallon of Destined for Greatness NI. Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time working with parents who […]
Translink’s Stuff a Bus takes the wheel in fight against hunger this Christmas
Across Northern Ireland this Christmas, thousands of families will depend on the kindness of strangers to put food on the table. Now in its ninth year, Stuff a Bus is […]
Guidelines on School Uniforms Issued to Schools
The Department of Education has issued Uniforms Guidelines to schools ahead of statutory provisions, which are anticipated to come into effect for the 2026/27 school year. The guidelines follow the […]
EA Details Significant Saving Measures
The Education Authority (EA) has announced significant savings measures to address an unprecedented financial shortfall in the region of £300m. Unlike in previous years, significant additional funding is unlikely to […]
Publication of Healthy Child, Healthy Future – Health Review Statistics for Northern Ireland 2024/25
The Department of Health has today published ‘Healthy Child, Healthy Future – Health Review Statistics for Northern Ireland 2024/25’. Healthy Child, Healthy Future is a framework for the universal Child […]
Want teens off screens this half term? Start with yourself!
With 97% of UK teenagers now owning a mobile phone and spending nearly three hours a day online, according to Ofcom, parents are being urged to set digital boundaries as half term […]