AQW 8697/16-21
Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim
Tabled Date: 07/12/2016
Answered On Date: 20/12/2016
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how many (i) children applied with a first preference to Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey; and (ii) first preference applications were successful to Monkstown Nursery School, in each of the last three years.
Answer:
Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey, provides 78 funded pre-school education places. The breakdown is 26 full-time and 52 part-time. As advised by the Education Authority, the table below shows the number of first preference applications and successful first preference applications to Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey. Session | Applications | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | Full Time | First preference applications | 69 | 70 | 77 | | First preference applications successful | 26 | 26 | 26 | Part Time | First preference applications | 13 | 9 | 13 | | First preference applications successful | 13 | 9 | 11 |
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