AQW 2875/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 27/02/2020
Answered On Date: 12/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what actions his Department has taken to encourage and facilitate the development of Crumlin Integrated College.

Answer:

My Department has a statutory duty to encourage and facilitate the development of integrated education. Responsibility for developing individual schools rests with the respective Board of Governors of that school in the first instance.

My Department also funds the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education to encourage and promote integrated education. This body works closely with all schools across the integrated sector.

In response to requests from Crumlin Integrated College for further support in enhancing local community confidence, my Department provided £8,000 to support the school in delivering this aim, recognising certain circumstances that the school was seeking to address.

At the same time, the Education Authority (EA) allocated a post-primary advisor from its School Development Service for a period of time to support the principal and Board of Governors effect improvement within the school.