NI Education Forum

Facilitating discussion relating to education in Northern Ireland.

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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.

[Education NI @Education_NI]

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 - https://t.co/d6ksGgmehl

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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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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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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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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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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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📖 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?

[NI Education Forum @NIEdForum]

A thread on the omission of Religious Education from TransformEd in light of recommendations from the Independent Review of Education.

[Ben Kirk @benrkirk]

Here's a Thread on the current context regarding Religious Education (including the role of religion generally) in schools across NI...

[Ben Kirk @benrkirk]

Here's a Thread on the current context regarding Religious Education (including the role of religion generally) in schools across NI...

[Education NI @Education_NI]

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: https://t.co/bneISZk7xc

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

NI school curriculum overhaul needed if all children are to reach their potential, says academic

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https://t.co/8I9URfwQ58

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The Poverty Related Attainment in NI for 2022/23 is 10.8%

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[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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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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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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A fine but frosty day in Belfast

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Today teachers join other public sector workers in widespread industrial action across NI calling for pay parity.