Through ongoing engagement with young people throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the EA Youth Service is also acutely aware of the negative effects of this on employment pathways and educational opportunities for young people and wish to address these through the LYNC programme.   
 

As part of the on-going improvements introduced to EA’s recruitment and selection processes in 2019, a review of the supporting pre-employment checking processes has also taken place.

The school complaints procedure has been in use by schools since 2008 and was reviewed in 2012. With the advent of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman’s jurisdiction over schools in 2016, the procedure was again reviewed.

EA Youth Service is required under the “Priorities for Youth Policy” to deliver services in response to assessed need and to support the Department of Education (DE) priorities at a local and regional level. 

The guidance is for Principals and line managers to support staff returning to school following the closure of schools on 23 March 2020 for the normal education of children in schools following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Information Governance Unit is tasked with the development and implementation of clear organisational structures, systems and procedures for the management of information

The paper details the current processes with regard to payments made to parents under the Home to School Transport Scheme and outlines a single standardised approach for taking this forward for the Authority. 

The EA has deemed that the introduction of Digital Admissions does not have a major impact and therefore does not require an Equality Impact Assessment.

The EA Corporate Business Plan 2018-19 details the Key Results and associated Actions, which the organisation plans to achieve in 2018-19.

This screening has been updated following an individual engagement exercise with impacted staff. This exercise accounted for individual staff needs and sought the best outcome based on staff’s individual circumstances. This exercise was completed by the end of July 2018.

This paper will outline the current practices regarding the recruitment and appointment of school governors within the education sector in Northern Ireland and put forward proposals to improve the process of appointing and electing governors.

The responsibility of the screening rests with the respective senior manager who leads on the policy or decision (the ‘lead policy officer’).  As a matter of good practice, and to ensure that screening is robust, s/he will involve others with relevant knowledge and experience in the exercise.

It seeks to drive up standards in schools by introducing a management tool to enable the termination of a teacher’s contract on grounds of efficient discharge of the employer’s function in circumstances where both the definition and the requirements of the scheme have been met.