Education

Rebel schools
defend stance

By David Gordon

Rebel grammar schools defying Caitriona Ruane today defended their plans to set up a new transfer test — despite new figures revealing that the 31 colleges accepted hundreds of pupils with 11-plus C and D grades last year.

Ruane in new wrangle

Education Minister Caitriona Ruane is embroiled in a new controversy after a strategy to improve reading and maths standards is delayed because it is being translated into Irish.

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