Education body faces further delay after splits on clauses
A split over Catholic versus state schools could scupper progress on a long-awaited single education body for Northern Ireland.
A split over Catholic versus state schools could scupper progress on a long-awaited single education body for Northern Ireland.
One former principal will be missing when Crumlin Integrated College celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday night with a trip down half-a-century of fashion with parent Bronagh Maculey as the narrator.
A call for the Education Minister to do more to promote the integrated sector has been defeated at Stormont.
Those responsible for leaving a cache of weapons close to a primary school demonstrated a wanton disregard for the lives of those within their community, an MLA has said.
A non-selective school has the highest success rate of any Northern Ireland post-primary school at A-Level, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
GAA footballer Paul Galvin and the board of management at the school where he previously taught in the Republic of Ireland have paid out €8,000 to a pupil who sued after being struck by a blackboard duster.
The percentage of pupils who achieved five good GCSEs – including English and maths – has fallen in half of all grammar schools, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal.
Veteran US political activist and intellectual Noam Chomsky has received another accolade.
A £20,000 scheme to buy community tablet computers for one of Belfast's most deprived areas has been unveiled.
A Northern Ireland teachers’ union may ballot its members on the possible boycott of the autumn CCEA assessments, according to its General Secretary.
Fiona Darragh's eight-year-old son, Harry, attends the special needs unit of Knockmore Primary School in Lisburn.
Hundreds of primary schools under the threat of closure have been thrown a lifeline following the publication of long-awaited plans on the future of the schools estate.
Teachers are to be issued with a guide on how to deal with 'sexting' - the sharing of explicit photos or videos through mobile phones and the internet.
Teachers in Northern Ireland are being assaulted regularly by children as young as five, a teaching union has claimed.
Parents who drove 44 miles a day to ensure their children were educated at an integrated primary have called for more support for the schools.
Northern Ireland's education minister has been told to "step up to the plate" and pave the way for an integrated system of learning for children.
Last week a poll in the Belfast Telegraph revealed that an overwhelming majority of parents here support integrated education. Since then, we have been inundated with messages from readers, teachers, celebrities and business people backing the education of Protestant and Catholic children together
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Comic Frank Carson's son has said it is time for politicians and the Catholic Church to "be brave" and stop ignoring support for integrated education here.
The parents' view: In other schools things are swept under carpet, we don't want that
Proposed anti-social behaviour laws are open to abuse of power and could be used by councils to create new crimes ranging from spitting to homelessness, a think-tank has warned.
House sellers' asking prices have soared to a new high, in further signs of confidence returning to the market, a property website has reported.
David Cameron has written to the leaders of Britain's offshore tax havens stressing the need to "get our own houses in order" as he pushes for international action to tackle avoidance schemes.
Roger Federer admitted he had no answer to Rafael Nadal's masterclass after the Spaniard put him to the sword to win the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome.
True Verdict built on her promising comeback run to gain a deserved opening success in the Come Racing On June 8th Maiden at Navan.
Voleuse De Coeurs got back on the winning trail in the Coolmore Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan.
Model and fitness fanatic Nell McAndrew has shown off her new baby daughter - and says that children are now her priority rather than her health challenges.
Rod Stewart said he was "over the moon" as he celebrated his 15th number one record with a champagne toast.
Rod Stewart's first album of self-penned songs in 20 years has gone straight to the top of the UK album charts.