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Four Hundred children with special educational needs are still without school places

A Derry City and Strabane District councillor has said families need urgent certainty over school places. Cllr Caitlin Deeney (Sinn Féin) has called on the Education Authority to ensure children with special educational needs have certainty over ...

08 Jul 2023 at 10:45

Northern Ireland

Up to eight new special schools to be built, Givan announces

Up to eight new special schools will be delivered in Northern Ireland over the next decade, Education Minister Paul Givan has told the Assembly. Mr Givan announced the programme of capital investment for the development of facilities to support ...

30 Apr 2024 at 16:06

Local News

Derry MLA criticises cuts to special needs school staff as 'mindboggling'

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has criticised a decision to half funding for dedicated school support staff for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) as a ‘thoughtless cost cutting exercise.’ The Department for Education has reduced funding from ...

05 Jun 2023 at 19:04

Northern Ireland

System struggling to keep pace with increased demand for SEN places – Givan

The education system is struggling to keep pace with the increase in demand for school places for children with special educational needs (SEN), Paul Givan has said. The Education Minister told MLAs that the position in 2024 is “extremely ...

08 Apr 2024 at 16:35

Local News

Derry MLA raises concern as families left in limbo over school places crisis

SDLP Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed his disappointment that efforts were not made to prioritise school places for children with special educational needs (SEN.) Mr Durkan said the school place crisis was forewarned for all ...

31 May 2023 at 17:17

Local News

'Devastating' cuts will hit hardest for vulnerable children - Derry MLA

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed serious concern that a potential £110 million funding gap in the Education Authority (EA) budget will have catastrophic consequences for the delivery of Special Educational Needs (SEN) ...

16 Feb 2023 at 17:19

Local News

SEN service for young adults opens new purpose built County Derry premises

A day opportunities centre for young people and adults with mild to moderate learning difficulties has relocated into new, purpose-built premises in Limavady. Moving On Up! Was established in 2014 by Angela McDonald in ...

14 Sept 2021 at 12:11

Northern Ireland

‘Entirely unacceptable’ children with SEN still without school places – Givan

It is “entirely unacceptable” that hundreds of children with special educational needs (SEN) are still without a school place for September, Paul Givan has said. The Education Minister told MLAs that significant ...

12 Jun 2024 at 18:09

Northern Ireland

Children in special education ‘failed’ by lack of funding and staff – parent

Children in special education in Northern Ireland are being failed due to lack of funding and staff, the mother of a child in the sector has said. The comments came as scores of parents of children in special ...

26 Feb 2024 at 16:53

Northern Ireland

Water infrastructure pressure affecting SEN provision, MLAs told

Pressure on the water infrastructure system in Northern Ireland is hampering efforts to provide more facilities for children with special educational needs (SEN), MLAs have been told. The chairman of ...

30 Apr 2025 at 17:12

Northern Ireland

Schools may be instructed to set up SEN provision amid crisis over places

Some schools in Northern Ireland could be formally instructed to set up specialist provision for children with special educational needs (SEN) due to a crisis over places. Currently there is a risk ...

25 Jun 2025 at 12:36

Northern Ireland

Police investigate ‘indecent exposure’ during online Stormont meeting

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a report of indecent exposure during a meeting at Stormont. Explicit images and threatening messages were reportedly posted during a meeting for ...

24 Jun 2025 at 21:45

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