AQW 19507/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 26/05/2021
Answered On Date: 18/06/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education how many times the Board of Governors of each Controlled primary school in the Strangford constituency met; (i) remotely; and (ii) in person during the academic years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 to date.


Answer:
The Education Authority (EA) has advised that it does not hold a record of all meetings, though does retain minutes provided by Boards of Governors (BoG) under the Scheme of Management for controlled schools.
However, it should be noted that the absence of submitted minutes to the EA does not mean BoG meetings have not taken place.
Schools names have not been provided.  There may be several reasons why schools may not have submitted minutes, and particularly given the continued challenges of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, EA endeavours to anonymise the information where possible unless it is required specifically.
The table below lists the BoG minutes submitted to EA from Primary Schools in the Strangford Parliamentary Constituency area:
School
Number of BOG Meetings that EA hold minutes for
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
1
None
None
None
2
None
None
None
3
8
6 + 1 virtual
4 virtual
4
4
2
None
5
None
None
None
6
2
1 + 1 virtual
1
7
2
None
None
8
None
None
None
9
None
None
None
10
None
None
None
11
None
None
None
12
None
None
None
13
2
1 virtual + 1 blended
None
14
None
None
None
15
1
None
None
16
None
None
None
17
7
5
3
18
7
5
1 virtual
19
None
3
None
20
None
None
None
21
None
None
None
22
None
None
None
23
3
None
None
24
None
None
None
25
None
None
None
26
3
3
None
27
None
None
None
28
None
None
None
29
1
None
None
30
None
None
None
31
None
None
None
32
2
None
None
33
None
None
None
34
2
2 + 1 virtual
1 virtual
35
4
1
None
36
6
4
2 virtual
37
4
1
1 virtual
38
1
1
None