AQW 8835/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 15/10/2020
Answered On Date: 22/10/2020
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what guidance he will give to post-primary schools on the use of transfer tests as a means of selection, given it may not be possible to stage these tests within public health guidance.

Answer:

Boards of Governors of schools are responsible for setting and applying the admissions criteria they use to select children for admission. My Department will write to post-primary schools that are using academic selection in 2021 to advise them of the importance of ensuring alternative methods of selecting children are available if required.