Northern Ireland is experiencing a crisis in special educational needs (SEN) provision, with many children waiting for school places and some facing delays in starting school. More than 11,000 ...

Read about what Northern Ireland's Committee for Education was told about the provision of nurses across special schools in ...

High-quality education is crucial to bringing that about. Northern Ireland needs an urgent increase in the number of higher education places it has if it is to stand any chance of closing the ...

The Department of Health has today published 'The Prevalence of Autism (including Aspergers Syndrome) in School age Children ...

in Northern Ireland the equivalent plan is a Statement of Special Educational Needs. in Scotland it’s known as a Coordinated Support Plan (CSP). The most important thing is to understand how the ...

Unite say over two thirds of classroom assistants in schools are on "precarious" temporary contracts without school holiday ...

Nicholas Quinn Solicitors, now with an office in Dublin, is the only law firm in Ireland that focuses only on children’s rights. Because of this unique focus, this means they are experts at helping ...

A mother whose 13-year-old son has a serious heart condition has pleaded for nurses to be retained in special schools. She ...

The link between poor health outcomes and low educational achievement rates is clear and borne out by the report’s data, he adds. Almost a third of all Northern Ireland’s young people aged ...