AQW 20176/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 08/01/2025
Answered On Date: 10/01/2025
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education how the refusal to approve the Transformation to Integrated Status Development Plan for Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College and Rathmore Primary School is in line with the statutory requirements of the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 and his duty to encourage, facilitate and support integrated education.

Answer:

My detailed reasons for not approving Development Proposals 727 and 728 clearly reference the considerations I gave to the provisions of the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022. The decisions and detailed reports on which they were taken may be accessed here: Development Proposal Decisions 2025 | Department of Education