AQW 1550/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 21/06/2016
Answered On Date: 27/06/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to outline the difference between a Jointly Managed School and a Jointly Managed Church School.

Answer:

There is no material difference between a Jointly Managed School and a Jointly Managed Church School - the latter reflects that the Trustee representation is agreed by the Transferor churches and the Catholic Church and managed by a Board of Governors with balanced representation from both the main communities here. Whilst there is potential for other forms of a Jointly Managed School, the current provision relates only to what has been termed by stakeholders as a ‘jointly managed church school’. (DE Circular 2015/15 refers).