Submissions

• Clergy Guide to Schools (NI)

  Last Updated: 01/09/2023

  The Church of Ireland’s Board of Education (Northern Ireland) has published a ‘Clergy Guide to Schools’ to share information on how schools work, and what a clergyperson might be expected or asked to do in relation to education while ministering in Northern Ireland.

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• Financial assistance towards education for Church of Ireland children in the Republic of Ireland

  Last Updated: 18/11/2019

  A list of grant awarding bodies which can provide educational assistance for Protestant children in the State.

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• Statement on Minister for Education and Skills’ Admissions Proposals

  Last Updated: 16/01/2017

  A statement by the General Synod Board of Education (RI) in relation to proposals on school admissions, January 2017.

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• Small Schools: Value for Learning – summary report 2016

  Last Updated: 09/05/2016

  A summary report on research into the communities, cultures, benefits and challenges of small primary schools in the Republic of Ireland presented to General Synod 2016.

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• Advancing School Autonomy in the Irish School System

  Last Updated: 20/01/2016

  A submission from the General Synod Board of Education (RI) on the ‘Advancing School Autonomy in the Irish School System’ report presented to the Department of Education and Skills, January 2016.

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• Submission to the Equality Authority on proposal to amend S37 of the Employment Equality Acts 1998–2011

  Last Updated: 11/11/2013

  Submission by the General Synod Board of Education (RI) to the Equality Authority on proposal to amend S37 of the Employment Equality Acts 1998–2011

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• Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2013

  Last Updated: 11/10/2013

  A submission by the General Synod Board of Education (RI) in relation to the Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2013.

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• Submission to the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to Budget 2014

  Last Updated: 11/09/2013

  A submission to the Minister for Education and Skills on behalf of the General Synod Board of Education (RI) in relation to Budget 2014 as it relates to the education sector.

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• Presentation to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection – provision of education for minority Christian traditions

  Last Updated: 03/07/2013

  A presentation to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection on the provision of suitable primary education for the children of parents of minority Christian religious traditions,

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• Presentation to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection – financial issues

  Last Updated: 08/10/2012

  A presentation to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, by Dr Ken Fennelly, Secretary of the Church of Ireland Board of Education (RI), on the direct and indirect costs to parents resulting from the cost of running a school.

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