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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.
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-…
ALT Pink graphic that says - PISA Results 2022
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.
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.
In 2023 the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland — focusing on its recommendations for Religious Education (RE) stated the following...
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.
📖 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 retweeted
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…
ALT Illustrated graphic that says - Appointment of members to CCMS and its Diocesan Education Committees
NI Education Forum retweeted
NI school curriculum overhaul needed if all children are to reach their potential, says academic
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belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…
[Thread] 🧵 Another interesting, and accessible, read from @NISRA on GCSE and A-Level performance in NI for the 22/23 school year.
But is the poverty related attainment gap also narrowing? The answer is less clear... Although the link between Poverty and Attainment persists.
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?
