AQW 45403/22-27
Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley
Tabled Date: 01/05/2026
Answered On Date: 12/05/2026
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of Education Authority behavioural specialists currently available to support schools, broken down by geographic area.
Answer:
The number of behavioural specialists broken down by Health and Social Care Trust area who are currently available to support schools, is set out below: Trust Area | Number of Behavioural Specialists (FTE) | Western Health Trust | 46.3* | Northern Health Trust | 53.8 | Southern Health Trust | 25 | South Eastern Health Trust | 1* | Belfast Health Trust | 34.6 | Total | 160.7 |
*Three additional specialist teachers have been appointed (two in the Western Trust and one in the South-Eastern Trust) and will take up post shortly.
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