AQW 1108/07 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister

To ask the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to detail whether a target has been set for the expansion of the percentage of children attending integrated schools, as part of the series of indicators for assessing the health of good relations.

Asked by Naomi Long MLA on 26 June 2007

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Tabled
26 June 2007
Answer due by
10 July 2007
Answered
11 July 200715 days after tabling
Department
The Executive Office
Priority question
No

Answer

The good relations indicators baseline report January 2007 does not set targets. Rather, as the title of the report suggests, the intention is to monitor progress against a number of general and specific indicators. These include:

number and proportion of first preference applications to post-primary integrated schools that do not result in admissions;

proportion of people who would send their children to mixed schools;

proportion of people who believe government is actively encouraging integrated schools;

of pupils enrolled at grant aided schools, the proportion enrolled at integrated schools;

proportion of pupils enrolled in Catholic managed schools who are Protestant, and

proportion of pupils enrolled in controlled schools who are Catholic.

Finally, all schools have an important role to play in promoting good relations.

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