AQW 42879/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 20/03/2026
Answered On Date: 30/03/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any guidance his Department has given to the Education Authority with reference to enabling staff to raise concerns about behaviour in special education settings.

Answer:

The Education Authority has a Raising Concerns at Work (whistleblowing) policy which aims to ensure that employees and the general public have a mechanism, in which to raise concerns, identify wrongdoing, risk, or malpractice.

https://www.eani.org.uk/publication/raising-concerns-ea-whistleblowing-policy-and-procedure

Schools will also have individual policies and procedures in place to raise any concerns at work.