NICIE Annual Report 2013-2014

Contents

Section One: NICIE Personnel Chairperson’s Foreword 3 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 4 NICIE Board of Directors 6 NICIE staff 9

Section Two: NICIE 2013-2014 Growth and Area Based Planning 13 Events 16 Development and Training 18 Conferences 19 Consultations 22

Section Three: NICIE Standing Committees and Other Forums APTIS 25 Teachers’ Committee Report 26 Special Educational Needs Coordinators Committee (SENCO) 27 Integrated Schools Finance Association Report 27 Vice Principals Forum 27

Section Four: Financial Information Treasurer’s Report 29

Section Five: Governance Audit and Risk Assurance Committee 32 Finance, General Purposes and Staffing Committee 32 Policy and Planning Committee 33

Appendices NICIE Patrons 34 Integrated school enrolments 35

Annual Report 2013/2014 1 NICIE 1 Personnel

2 Chairperson’s Foreword

hen writing this last year, I looked forward to NICIE becoming the Sectoral Support Body W for the integrated sector. This was to be as part of the long delayed reorganisation of the sector with the creation of the Education and Skills Authority (ESA) in place of the five Boards. None of this has happened; we will now have a single Education and Library Board combining the present five. The saga of ESA illustrates the barriers to even the most necessary and what should be the least controversial change. Such is the environment in which NICIE works.

The Department have yet to consult with the to report that there are three primary schools Board of Directors on the future role and shape taking forward the transformation process. of NICIE in the evolving and foggy environment which is the education sector in Northern Ireland. Education has become a competitive We understand that we will not formally become environment and school enrolments are more a Sectoral Support Body and our status will than ever dependent on exam results and remain as a Non-Departmental Public Body inspection reports. There is also increasing (NDPB). NICIE completed a significant review of scrutiny of governance issues. Of particular its role and functions in preparation for becoming concern is the proper conduct of the affairs a sectoral support body. This review will inform of the limited companies which are intrinsic our future role and we look forward to working to grant maintained schools. NICIE is with DE to evolve a budget and structure to supporting schools in both the area of school support our work. improvement through ethos development and in conducting a review of good There has been some forward momentum governance. Through the CEO and her team, on shared education following the Shared we will endeavour to continue to develop Education Advisory Group report although our support to schools and their Boards of there is little sign of the resources and energy Governors in meeting these and the many which was implied might be deployed. other existing and emerging challenges. Meanwhile, we in NICIE have continued to develop our Positive Partnerships for Integration. We face the future with renewed commitment to This will provide schools, interested in becoming our belief that an integrated system of education integrated, the opportunity to adopt policies and is a keystone to building the foundation approaches which are more welcoming to all. of a peaceful and prosperous society. This is not an alternative to Transformation but it is a path that may ultimately lead to Ian McMorris Transformation and thus full integrated status. The Board is also committed to the support of Chair, Board of Directors, Northern Ireland our existing integrated schools and is pleased Council for Integrated Education

Annual Report 2013/2014 3 Chief Executive Officer’s Report “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela

he power of education to shape society is widely acknowledged, and it was the awareness of this power which drove the T founders of the integrated movement. Over a period of 30 years, groups of parents, assisted by NICIE, came together from across the divide to establish their own schools. Their hopes were simple: they wanted schools where their children could be educated together as the norm.

They wanted schools where the focus was on the child series of polls carried out by NICIE and by the Integrated as an individual, not on the child as the presumed Education Fund (IEF) showed strong and consistent member of one or other tradition; they wanted schools public and parental support for integrated education. where as parents they would be welcomed as full An important judicial review asserted the obligations partners in their child’s education; they wanted schools of the Department of Education (DE) under article 64 where brothers and sisters and children with a range of of the Education Reform Order 1989, defining the key abilities could be educated together. They were met characteristic of integrated education and reminding DE with hostility and obstacles, but they persevered and of the need to make this duty live at an operational level. today there are 62 such schools, testament to the determination and vision of those parents. Despite this affirmation of the need to ‘encourage and facilitate integrated education’, significant unquestioned Research conducted in the 30 plus years of integrated barriers to its expansion still exist. One such area is in schools confirms the positive benefits of educating that of planning. Planning authorities exist for our together the children of a divided society. Those on the traditional sectors: CCMS plans for Catholic education, outside supporting Northern Ireland in its journey ELBs plan for the provision of controlled education. towards a cohesive, peaceful and prosperous future Parents seeking an integrated education have no such see the need to move beyond our segregated system. planning body. NICIE provides advice and support and As President Obama said in his Belfast address, 2013: works with parents to show evidence of the need and ‘…issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of demand for an integrated school. But this method puts jobs and opportunity… symbols of history that are a the onus on parents supported by NICIE to establish source of pride for some and pain for others… these integrated schools. No such onus rests with parents who are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to it. are presumed to be Catholic or Protestant and for whom If towns remain divided — if Catholics have their planning is carried out on sectoral lines, perpetuating schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs — division through separation. This is unfair and inequitable. if we can’t see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages The issue of responsibility for planning is one key area division. It discourages cooperation.’ NICIE has pursued through the area based planning process. We sit on the steering group established to Educators, in divided societies throughout the world, oversee this process. We have argued tirelessly for look to the experience of integrated education in planning to move beyond sectoral planning. We have Northern Ireland for inspiration. All testing of public carried out polls in specific areas which have clearly opinion indicates that the argument for educating identified parental preference for integration. We have children together has been won. During the year, a supported parents’ groups and schools seeking

4 Annual Report 2013/2014 integrated provision. We have produced evidence NICIE continues to partner the Association of Principal that shows that parental choice is being ignored. Teachers in Integrated Schools (APTIS) in the hosting Each year, hundreds of families are unsuccessful in of what has become an important annual event, the their application for integrated places, and in many APTIS/NICIE spring conference and supports the areas no integrated choice is available. We have various forums which connect teachers in our schools. focused on the scandal of preschool education where children start their school journey in preschool This year NICIE has also been able to support schools provision that too often is segregated. in reviewing governance and in ensuring best practice at this level. This year has seen NICIE consistently arguing for parental preference for integrated education to be During the year, NICIE maintained and further developed assured, for an integrated choice to be available in its international dimension. We were pleased to attend an every area and for preschool education to be genuinely integrated education conference in Macedonia and to integrated and welcoming to all. We have done so develop further our partnership with the Nansen Centre through consistently calling for an area based approach for Integrated Education, Macedonia. The presence of to planning, not a sectoral one, for a process based on four principals from integrated schools, who shared meaningful consultation with parents, not decisions their experience with their Macedonian counterparts, based on an unchanging status quo. was much appreciated.

To support these aims of expanding integrated The year ended saw the successful conclusion of the provision, NICIE has developed and is piloting a major Sharing Classrooms: Deepening Learning Project, which new initiative, ‘Positive Partnerships for Integration’. was funded by the International Fund for Ireland and which During the year an intensive consultation exercise was provides a body of expertise and set of resources which held both within the integrated family and with the will allow NICIE to take a lead in supporting schools wider educational world on this initiative. The emerging embarking on shared education initiatives. We have also policy has been significantly refined. NICIE has kept the concluded our work in the Facing the Past: Shaping the Minister for Education and DE fully informed of Future project, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs progress in this area and we are now confident in Dublin, which created resources to support teachers in that we can create partnerships which will commemorating the decade of anniversaries. NICIE offers allow schools to develop and be recognised thanks to both of these funding bodies for supporting these for their integrated ethos. We look forward to launching important projects. this policy early in 2015. NICIE is well served by its staff and its Board of Directors. The year past was supposed to be marked by the The Board has continued a process of evaluation and implementation of the Education and Skills improvement both of its own governance and of the Authority (ESA). That has not happened. NICIE had implementation of its strategic plan. undertaken significant preparation for taking on the role of sectoral support body for integrated schools. The This strategy will continue to be informed by the guiding focus on how we connect, support and share good principles of integrated education summed up by President practice between our schools will continue. Our Obama in his speech: ‘Ultimately, peace is just not about schools are connected not only by their commitment to politics. It’s about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; integrated education, but also by their commitment to about breaking down the divisions that we create for excellence in education. We have always recognised ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts that don’t the absolute imperative to ensure the highest standard exist in any objective reality, but that we carry with us of education for the children attending integrated generation after generation… It’s within your power to bring schools. about change… The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.’ NICIE has been able to increase our support to schools through the use of our Panel of Associates. This has Our school system as it exists does not permit recognition allowed us to carry out an analysis of inspections in of a shared ‘us’, but reflects through its segregated integrated schools, to undertake a comparative study structures historic divisions of the past. We need to move of the implementation of the Signature Programme on beyond these outdated divisions and create an integrated literacy and numeracy across our schools, and to system of education to shape our changing society. appoint serving leaders in integrated schools to work NICIE is committed to playing a positive role in this across schools, identifying and sharing best practice. process of change.

Annual Report 2013/2014 5 NICIE Board of Directors

Ian McMorris (Chair) Martin Stroud (Secretary) is a is a Director of Linkubator, Trust representative. After marriage the Management Training he moved to Belfast in 1975. He has specialist. Prior to that he was lived in north Belfast since 1978. He Managing Director of Ulster Weavers, before has been a trade union activist with ASTMS/ MSF/ which he was director of Strategy Services with Amicus/ Unite both in his workplace Queen’s PA Consulting Group. Ian was until recently on University and at various levels in the union. the board of Dale Farm and a member of the He is an active member of the Labour party. Court of the University of Ulster. He was formerly He was a member of the BELB as an NICTU rep on the boards of the Department of Enterprise, from 1985-9, and chaired its General Purposes Trade and Investment, the Council for the Committee. He has been actively involved in the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, and Integrated Schools movement since 1985 and was the Economic Research Council of Northern a founder parent of Hazelwood IPS. He was on the Ireland. He has been Chair of the CBI in Northern Hazelwood College Board of Governors from Ireland as well being on the boards of a range of 1989, as secretary since 1991 until 2003. He is industry sectoral bodies. He recently retired as chair of the Belfast Charitable Trust for Integrated Chair of the Lagan College Board. He has an Education. He was actively involved in establishing MBE for services to Integrated Education and the NI Council for Integrated Education in 1989, holds a D Phil in Physics and is a Fellow of the serving as the Treasurer for the first two years. Chartered Institute of Marketing. After a break, he was asked to return in 1994 as a Director, becoming the chair in 1997 for four years. Martin returned to the Board of Directors Dr Helen McLaughlin in 2010 as a Trust representative and is Secretary (Vice Chair) joined the to the Board. NICIE Board in November 2010. She has almost 20 years of experience working in the community and Dermot MacCann (Treasurer) is a voluntary sectors, both as a paid employee and representative of the BELTIE trust. as an independent practitioner. Her areas of He joined the NICIE board in 2012. expertise are facilitation and training in areas He worked for the Northern Ireland related to group development such as strategic Authority for Utility Regulator (NIAUR) 2002-2012. planning, leadership, and negotiation. She also He was also a member of the Single Electricity undertakes research including project and Market (SEM) committee, an all island body organisational evaluations, and reports. She is responsible for the regulation of electricity the author of the report entitled: Women and on the island of Ireland. He is now retired. the Conflict: Talking about the ‘Troubles’ Prior to 2002 he worked as a senior economist and Planning for the Future (September 2008), in OFMDFM, DETI and DFP. He is also a Director and the report Women in Disadvantaged of BELTIE. Communities: Barriers to Women’s Participation (September 2009). Helen currently chairs NICIE’s Policy and Planning Committee, Vincent Fullam MBE, is a Schools and is delighted to be part of NICIE at this member. He is Chair of the Board of important time for the development of the Governors of Drumlins IPS and education system in Northern Ireland. works ceaselessly on behalf of the school. Vincent has had a long term involvement in working to improve community relations. He sits on the Policy and Planning Committee.

6 Annual Report 2013/2014 Ian McKay is a Queen’s Tim Webster joined the NICIE graduate and worked for 25 Board of Directors in 2012 as a years in the LPG industry. In 2001 trust representative for Foyle Trust he joined NICIE as an Outreach for Integrated Education. He has been Officer and worked there for seven years. He was a Foundation Trust Governor on the Board of involved in the setting up of five integrated primary Governors for Oakgrove IPS and Nursery since schools and one integrated college in that time. 1991 and has chaired the board since 1992. Ian currently serves as a governor in Phoenix IPS, Now retired, Tim worked as a landscape architect, Cookstown, and Braidside IPS, Ballymena. graphic designer and illustrator in the Northern Ireland Civil Service from 1973-2013.

Helen Hamilton is currently the Early Years representative on Heather Watson, Principal the Board, having served on it of Phoenix IPS has 19 years previously as a Principal Director. experience in teaching with 17 She is an Associate of the Regional years commitment to Integrated Training Unit and has played a significant role in its Education. More recently her work Leadership programmes. Helen was the Founding focused on supporting teachers and schools Principal of Cranmore IPS until her retirement in as a Field Officer with the NEELB Primary Team. June 2013. She has won the prestigious Ted She went on to work with NEELB.tv to establish Wragg Teaching Award for Lifetime Achievement in ESaGS.tv Every School a Good School Television, Teaching, sponsored by the DFES Innovation Unit. a DE led initiative which showcases very good Helen brings a wealth of experience in educational and outstanding practice from schools across NI. and leadership issues to the Board as well as her In addition to her role as Principal, she is currently passionate commitment to the development of part of the Teachmeet Team, promoting the use Integrated Education. of Twitter as a CPD tool. As a result, she has been involved in the organisation of successful “Teachmeets” across NI which facilitate sharing David Clement OBE is of good practice among teachers. “For teachers, a co-optee. He has spent by teachers”. almost his whole working life endeavouring to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public David Burgess represents the sector finances in the UK and overseas. Teachers’ Committee. He In recent years he has concentrated on obtained a BSSc in Philosophy improving good governance especially in third and Scholastic Philosophy from sector organisations. He was awarded the OBE in Queen’s University, Belfast, and a Master 2006 for his voluntary work in the local community of Education from the University of Durham. He in Northern Ireland reflecting his varied interests also studied at Canterbury Christchurch University in helping others to develop their skills and College, Kent, where he obtained a PGCE, knowledge. David was a Founder Governor of the specializing in Religious Education. After qualifying Integrated Education Fund from 1992 to 1998. as a teacher, he spent a year teaching 7 to 14 year olds at Danley Middle School on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. In 2000, he returned to Northern Brendan O’Loan is a Ireland, and began to work in Hazelwood IPS, representative of the Teachers gaining a permanent post there in 2001. In Committee. Brendan is Head of subsequent years, he became a member of Middle RE in Hazelwood Integrated Management with special responsibilities for Social College and Leader on Integration and Moral Education. In 2009 he joined the Senior and Diversity. He has been involved in developing Management Team as Co-ordinator of Discipline, and sharing good practice in the promotion of and also of Inclusion and Diversity, as well as taking integration. Brendan is a member of the NICIE on the role of Union Representative. Policy and Planning Committee.

Annual Report 2013/2014 7 Steven Agnew is a schools’ Julia Paul is a lecturer in the representative. He was elected Practice of Broadcasting at leader of the Green Party in Queen’s University and an Northern Ireland in January 2011. award-winning broadcast journalist. Originally from Dundonald, he was elected She has worked as a reporter and producer for MLA for North Down in May 2011 where he has BBC television and radio for nearly 20 years, lived for the past five years. Steven sits on the including reporting for the BBC NI political Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee and programme Hearts and Minds. She also has has been a member of the All Party Group for extensive international experience in training Children and Young People for the past four years. journalists, specialising in countries emerging As a father of two young children and in full from conflict. She works as a journalism support of Green Party core principals, Steven consultant for the CCEA exam body and puts the welfare of children at the top of his this year she spent three months working with agenda. He is currently bringing forward a Private schoolchildren across Northern Ireland to make Members’ Bill to the Northern Ireland Assembly broadcast material as part of the BBC School which if passed, will create a statutory duty on Report project. local government departments to co-operative on children’s services. He has also been a long-standing champion of integrated education Ann McCann is a co-optee. in Northern Ireland. She has been involved in Post Primary Education for 19 years and has completed a number of Dr Olwen Griffith has been Postgraduate qualifications involved in Integrated Education and held a variety of Leadership positions for 28 years, having taught in including: Vice Principal, Curriculum Leader, Lagan College, Ulidia Integrated Head of Department, RTU course provider at College as Deputy Principal, Armagh Integrated RTU Summer School, PQH/British Council/RTU College as Acting Principal and Principal of delegate to 'Leading Educators' in New Orleans, Rowallane Integrated College and Blackwater Queen's University Teacher Representative on Integrated College. Dr Griffith was seconded from the Advisory Board for 'Prison to Peace', 'Civic Blackwater IC to NICIE from Nov 2012 to June Voices' International Oral History Project 'Teacher 2013 and focused particularly on area based Representative', Queen's University School of planning and building relationships with schools. Education PGCE Teacher Tutor/Assessor/Main Methods/General Studies Tutor. Her key area of interest is broadening the concept of Integrated Ciarnan Helferty was President of The National Education and increasing accessibility to Union of Students 2009-11, President of the Integrated Education provision by other QUB Students’ Union 2008-2009 and Chair of Education providers and collaboration Amnesty International 2011-2013. Ciarnan was opportunities between Integrated Education also Company Secretary of SHAC Housing and Shared Education. Association from July 2011-2012.

Colm Murray Cavanagh, NICIE President In 2012 NICIE was pleased to appoint its first President. We were honoured when Colm Cavanagh accepted this new role which recognises his enormous contribution to integrated education. Colm has devoted many years to the promotion of Integrated Education, both in Derry and on a regional basis and as a long term member of the Board of Directors of NICIE and Chair of NICIE. Colm is continuing to support the work of NICIE and Integrated education in this role, both locally and internationally. We were also delighted that Colm was the Guest of Honour at the IIEW2014 launch at Enniskillen IPS in March.

8 Annual Report 2013/2014 NICIE Staff 2013-2014

Noreen Campbell Chief Executive Officer Alison Matthews PA to Chief Executive Officer [temporary]

Development/Support Team: Lorna McAlpine Senior Development Officer [on secondment to DEL from Nov 2012] Frances Donnelly Senior Development Officer Cliodhna Scott-Wills Acting Senior Development Officer Bernie Kells Senior Development Officer Denise Morgan Development Officer Paula McIlwaine Development Officer

Finance and administration: Maureen Johnston Finance Officer Carole Stapleton Office Manager Adam Henshaw Development Secretary [to March 2014] Alice Temple Development Secretary [14 Oct 2013-June 2014] Dáire Toner Administrative Officer [Temporary from March 2014] Louise McIvor Communications Secretary [part-time temporary to July 2014]

NICIE staff This year, we were pleased to welcome Maria Quinn on secondment from Hazelwood Integrated College as part of our leadership secondment programme. We bid farewell to our Development Secretaries Amanda Higgins, Adam Henshaw and Alice Temple and wish them all the best in their new positions. We also welcomed GAP placement students Jessica Frith, Cristina Coca-Galan [to April 2014], Robert Malcolm [to Sept 2014] and Patrick McIlveen [to October 2014], who have helped maintain our website and Social Media and been involved in various development projects, including Positive Partnerships for Integration.

Annual Report 2013/2014 9 Staff Biographies

Noreen Campbell Bernie Kells MA, Dip Ed, DASE BA, PGCE, MEd Chief Executive Officer Senior Development Officer Noreen Campbell is the Chief Bernie taught English and Drama Executive Officer of the Northern Ireland in Assumption Grammar School for 16 Council for Integrated Education. She was years before moving to the SELB Children’s appointed to this role in September 2009. Order Implementation team.

Noreen has a long history in integrated education. She was then seconded by CCEA to the UNESCO She was a founder parent and teacher of Centre at the University of Ulster as resource Hazelwood Integrated College, an 11-18 school and development officer for a pilot project in in a divided area of North Belfast, where she citizenship. In CCEA, her roles included Principal served as Vice Principal from 1986 to 1996 and Officer for Learning for Life and Work, Programme as Principal from 1996 to 2006. Hazelwood Manager for post-primary curriculum and Integrated College is an all ability school, open Qualifications Manager, where she managed and welcoming to all with a school ethos based the implementation of the revised NI Curriculum. on inclusive and democratic principles. Bernie was appointed by NICIE in June 2011 to manage the SCDL project until its completion in December 2013. She currently has responsibility Frances Donnelly for managing the Positive Partnerships for MEd, BSc (Hons), PGCE Integration initiative. Senior Development Officer Frances Donnelly has been a member of the development team since 1995. She holds Cliodhna Scott-Wills a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and a PGCE from MEd, BEd Queen’s University and in 1998 completed a MEd Senior Development Officer through the University of Ulster. Frances began Cliodhna Scott-Wills joined NICIE her teaching career in St Louise’s Comprehensive in September 2001 as a Development College, where she taught for six years. In 1994 Officer. Since November 2012 she has been she became Education Officer in Slieve Gullion acting up as a Senior Development Officer. Forest Park and the following year joined NICIE as Cliodhna graduated with a BEd from St. Mary’s Development Officer, subsequently becoming a Teacher Training College in 1992 and with a MEd Senior Development Officer in 1997. In these roles from QUB in 1996. She taught for 9 years in post Frances has been involved in the support and primary schools, including Lagan College before development of numerous integrated schools moving to NICIE. Cliodhna’s main focus of work through the GMI and transformation routes. From is developing the integrated ethos in schools, 2010 Frances was able to avail of two secondment especially through supporting the various opportunities, firstly as Education Manager in committees, managing the Excellence in CCEA where she developed two new GCE and Integrated Education Award, organising the GCSE science specifications and most recently training suite and working on the Positive with the NEELB. There she managed the Primary Pathways to Integration. Once again, she was Integrating Enriching Education (PIEE) Project particularly excited this year to speak at the which supported cross sectoral partnerships Teacher Conference on Integrated Education amongst small rural primary schools. Frances organised by the Training Centre Nansen Model returned to NICIE in late 2013 and her main for Integrated Education in Skopje, Macedonia. responsibilities now lie in promoting the growth and development of integrated education through Area Based Planning.

10 Annual Report 2013/2014 Denise Morgan Paula McIlwaine MSc, BA (Hons) MSc, BSc, BA, Dip LBCAI Development Officer Development Officer Denise has a Bachelor of Arts Paula has an MSc in Psychology Honours (BA Hons) degree in Early as well as bachelor degrees in both Childhood Studies as well as a Master of Science English and Psychology and a Diploma in in Education (MSc). She has a broad range of Business, Executive and Personal Coaching. expertise in the field of Early Years and SEN and In the past year Paula was pleased to have the has worked within the educational, voluntary and opportunity to successfully complete an ILM health sectors in various capacities for many Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management. years. In addition, Denise has an extensive Paula is passionate about the development of background in community relations, good integrated education and has worked for NICIE relations, conflict mediation/transformation, for over 9 years. One of her more recent areas diversity awareness and training delivery. of focus has been in the design and delivery of She also has a particular interest in Irish history professional development training for primary and its connection to contemporary society as and post-primary teachers. This anti-bias well as the teaching of history in a society training has a particular emphasis on assisting emerging from conflict. teachers in fostering positive attitudes towards diversity and inclusion while also developing Denise has worked with NICIE since August 2005 skills and strategies for constructively challenging as a Development Officer and is a member of prejudice and discrimination. Paula has also the Development team which supports existing enjoyed writing responses to policy consultations integrated schools, those wishing to transform to and to successfully raising funds on behalf become formally integrated and parents wishing of NICIE. to develop new integrated options in their area as well as representing the sector on various fora. Paula worked for many years as an English teacher and spent 3 years in an international Denise has been involved in integrated education development role, as a teacher trainer, in a for over 20 years as a parent and governor at College of Education in Northern Nigeria. several integrated schools as well as working This was followed by several years working, professionally within the movement and has in Ireland, for a renowned international served as a NICIE Director from 1998 to 2004. development charity. Paula’s international experience lends itself to her recent work within NICIE which involves deepening Maureen Johnston, international connections. DipHE, BSc (Hons), FCA Finance Officer Maureen Johnston joined NICIE in 2012 as Finance Officer. Maureen is a qualified chartered accountant with a wealth of experience in both the private and public sector.

Maureen is responsible for managing the overall operational budget and all the finance functions of NICIE. She is part of the Audit and Risk Assurance and Finance and General Purposes Staffing Committee and sits on a number of committees including The Integrated Schools Finance Association and The Department of Education Fraud committee.

Annual Report 2013/2014 11 NICIE 2 2013-2014 Growth and Area Based Planning

Drumragh Judicial Review ‘Had the duty to encourage and facilitate been actively implemented we would have seen a The ruling on May 15 from Judge Treacy in a much more rapid increase in the spread of judicial review taken by Drumragh Integrated integrated education. This judgement now College marks a significant milestone in the allows for such development.’ development of integrated education. Judge Treacy reaffirmed the distinct nature of the Area Based Planning integrated model in a succinct definition which captures the essence of integrated education as NICIE staff and Associates continue to understood by parents and the public, the represent integrated education at every education together of Catholic and Protestant level throughout the Area Based Planning children in one school: ‘…integrated education process. A structure is being established must be the service of imparting knowledge to across all Boards which should see the young people from all backgrounds as equals.’ full implementation and operation of Area Planning Working Groups and this will provide Judge Treacy further distinguished between further opportunities to promote the interests schools which are mixed and integrated schools, of existing integrated schools (as well as and judged that ‘a school which has a potential new integrated schools!) within an predominantly Catholic or predominantly area context. In May 2014 NICIE presented Protestant ethos … cannot be said to be delivering reports to all five Education and Library Boards integrated education’. This acknowledges that based on the most up to date iterations of the education in a mixed school, but with a majority primary plans and these will be used as the culture, cannot be equated with the equality basis of responses to future iterations. of respect accorded to both major traditions and There was good news for 2 primary schools, to others from different cultures which is the Drumlins IPS and Roe Valley IPS who were bedrock of integrated education. approved for much needed school builds. Schools approved the previous year saw work Most importantly, the judge highlighted begin on their builds. the detrimental effect of the needs model, which is the basis of area based planning, Support for new integrated provision and on the encouragement and facilitation of other developments within existing schools integrated education and reminded DE of their Once again we have seen a year with duty under article 64 of the Education Reform substantial development in integrated schools. Order ‘to be alive to this duty at all levels Development proposals and commentaries including the strategic level.’ were compiled by NICIE Development Officers

Annual Report 2013/2014 13 working with schools to gain the best possible already engaged with the SELB to explore outcomes for optimum growth in the sector. means of realising additional places in the future. This year we have witnessed further growth and development in integrated schools but Post-Primary Schools there have also been some disappointments. In February the Minister for Education, John The successful proposals mean that even more O’Dowd, approved additional places in Shimna children can access integrated schools, those IC in Newcastle, meaning that the school’s that have been rejected remind us that there is enrolment will increase from 480 to 540 pupils still a huge amount of work to be done to and its admission number from 80 to 100 ensure that in the future no child is denied a students from September 2014. The approval place in an integrated school. also included an increase to Shimna’s sixth form enrolment from 80 to 120 students. In the Increased enrolments at Integrated Primary previous October, the Minister had officially Schools opened Shimna’s new home economics suite In February 2014, NICIE welcomed the news and refurbished science and technology labs, that Ministerial approval had been given for a £900,000 scheme provided for under the increased capacity at Enniskillen IPS. The Department’s minor works scheme. minister gave approval for an increased enrolment of 56 for P1 with an eventual overall Pre-School enrolment of 392. This was followed in May In February 2014, NICIE welcomed the Ministerial 2014 with approval for increased capacity at announcement for approval for a second nursery Millennium IPS, with a new admissions number unit at Millennium IPS. With the support of of 56 and future longer term enrolment of 392 NICIE, through lobbying at the PEAG, Millennium granted. This complemented the ministerial IPS had previously achieved two years of PEAG approval at the same time for a second nursery funding for its afternoon playgroup session but unit at Millennium IPS. the Ministerial approval will support Millennium IPS in bringing all of its pre-school provision While NICIE welcomed the Ministerial approval under the LMS management as well as for Enniskillen IPS and Millennium IPS, there supporting the high level of parental demand was disappointment at his decision to reject for pre-school and primary provision at the proposal to establish two form entry at Millennium IPS. Portadown IPS. Arising from this however was the Minister’s recognition that there In July, NICIE was delighted to learn of the was a general desire for increased integrated Ministerial approval for the establishment of provision in the Portadown area and NICIE has a new 26 place nursery unit at Phoenix IPS,

14 Annual Report 2013/2014 in Cookstown. This was a very welcome an increase in enrolments for P1. NICIE eagerly development as Phoenix IPS celebrate their awaits the Ministerial decision in the near future 10th anniversary. The Ministerial approval and are hopeful that we will see integrated represents an historic development for the primary provision in the Newtownards area integrated sector, being the first time that it has for the first time ever in September 2015. achieved approval for a nursery unit without having first to establish a Playgroup and then Clintyclay PS, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone transfer to nursery status. Clintyclay has already gained its place in the history of integrated education by being the Transformation first maintained school ever to proceed through the transformation legislation and apply for Mallusk PS, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim integrated status. The small rural school had Following a successful parental ballot in June been identified for closure by CCMS but the 2014, parents, staff and governors at Mallusk entire school community threw its weight behind Primary School have been working hard in a the drive for integration in a bid to secure primary bid to secure integrated status from provision for all members of the local community. September 2015. Unfortunately the Minister, in October 2014 determined that he could not approve A development proposal has been lodged with Clintyclay’s proposal for integrated status the Department of Education and the school is on the grounds of long-term sustainability. hopeful that the Minister for Education, John Interestingly however he asked that NICIE, in O’Dowd, will make the positive decision to conjunction with the SELB and CCMS, carry approve transformation for the school. As a out a strategic review in the area to consider result of promotional activity in the area a whether additional places are needed and the significant amount of interest was generated full range of options available for meeting any amongst prospective parents and if approved, demand. This opens the way to progress Mallusk PS will contribute to a further increase genuine area planning, based on the assessment in enrolments within the integrated family of of parental demand as well as providing for the schools from next year. There is clear development of new and innovative approaches evidence emerging of the desire for integrated to integration. education, first highlighted in a poll conducted in February by Lucid Talk on behalf of NICIE, Positive Partnerships for which found that 84% of the parents polled in Integration (PPInt) the area would choose an integrated school as a first or second preference. Significant work was done on this initiative during the year past. Following consultations within the Loughries PS, Newtownards, Co Down integrated family and with the full range of Loughries PS and parents in the area have educational stakeholders, the concept paper engaged in substantial work with NICIE on PPInt was refined. Greater emphasis was during the past year in a bid to progress the placed on the school directed nature of the transformation of their local school to become process, the need for consensus building and integrated. NICIE has supported the school in the importance of a partnership approach in setting up a steering group and school building relationships and sharing good practice stakeholders and staff have engaged in public in the development of the integrated ethos. meetings, training and support sessions on integration in practice with staff, governors and A number of schools have expressed interest in parents of children at the school. In addition, piloting this process and work has commenced the steering group and board of governors with them. The board of directors is committed to have progressed the Development Proposal for this initiative, believing that it will allow increasing transformation and this was published in numbers of schools to be recognised as holding September 2014. Since embarking on this an integrated ethos and will support the urgent journey of change, the school has seen its need to move beyond a segregated system of profile raised and this has already resulted in education to one which is cohesive and inclusive.

Annual Report 2013/2014 15 Events Building Bridges

Celebrating International Integrated Education Week 2014 by forging links at home and abroad

IIEW2014 proved to be a celebration of Children in integrated schools across Northern international connections, friendships forged Ireland and Europe celebrated IIEW2014 and schools and communities linked together (3-7 March) by interpreting the ‘Building under this year’s theme of Building Bridges. Bridges’ theme in innovative and creative ways, focusing on the power of education We were delighted that Education Minister to form friendships, to cross divides and to John O’Dowd said of the week’s celebrations: promote reconciliation.

“I would like to congratulate all those Enniskillen IPS hosted the launch event, involved in this special event and the illustrating the Building Bridges theme with a integrated sector on all of their achievements special drama. Oakgrove IPS were awarded thus far. The integrated sector is a vital and the Excellence in Integrated Education thriving part of our education system. My Award (EIEA) at the launch, in recognition of Department has a statutory responsibility to the school’s hard work and dedication to the encourage and facilitate the development of integrated ethos. We were delighted that Colm integrated education and I take that duty very Cavanagh, NICIE President, was guest of seriously. Since the first integrated school honour at the Enniskillen IPS launch. opened with just 28 pupils in the early 1980s, the sector has grown to almost 22,000 pupils in Integrated schools all over Northern Ireland over 60 schools. This growth has been explored the ‘Building Bridges’ theme by achieved both through the establishment of making beautifully illustrated paper links, new schools and by existing schools linking each student in each class around the transforming to integrated status, in line with school. There was also a host of different parental demand. I have no doubt the events, including art and writing workshops, integrated sector will continue to go from ‘integration trails’, a football tournament, strength to strength in the years ahead.” presentations and special assemblies.

16 Annual Report 2013/2014 Internationally, our friends in Sande Sterjoski the political) and starting the moral debate. PS in Macedonia, in conjunction with the John Brewer is Professor of Post Conflict Nansen Dialogue Centre in Skopje, also Studies in the Institute for the Study of Conflict explored the Building Bridges theme and Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s sent us a film of their creative activities. University.

Noreen Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of On Friday 7th March , there was a NICIE, said: “The International element of celebration event in the Long Gallery at Integrated Education Week is important. Stormont, showcasing the talents of integrated In divided societies around the world people schools through song and drama. Trevor Lunn, seek to build bridges through education. MLA , hosted the event and the Guest of They look to the model of integrated Honour was Joint Secretary, the British Irish education here in Northern Ireland for Intergovernmental Secretariat , Barbara Jones . inspiration and adopt and adapt We were delighted to welcome this model to meet their needs. representatives from integrated schools across Northern Ireland “Through a global network and schools in a shared of schools, led by the education project as well as NICIE, partnerships representatives from all have been created with sectors of the education sister organisations community and friends dedicated to promoting and supporters of reconciliation and peace Integrated Education. building through education.” This was a wonderful event, showcasing and On Wednesday 5th March, celebrating the integrated Professor John D Brewer was ethos - a real tribute to the power the guest speaker at the All Children of Integrated Education. Together/QUB Dunleath Lecture, giving the lecture, entitled “The Limits of Politics: Service of Prayers for Christian Unity Reflections on a Damaged Peace”. The annual Service of Prayers for Christian Unity took place on Sunday 19th January 2014 In a challenging and thought-provoking at 3.00pm in Hazelwood IC , Whitewell Road, lecture, Professor Brewer introduced a new Newtownabbey. conceptualisation of peace processes, and emphasised the importance of civil society NICIE was very pleased that Hazelwood IC over politics and social transformation over hosted the Service of Prayers for Christian Unity. political transformation. The Service is based on one drawn up by the Irish Council of Churches and the Catholic Professor Brewer said that “the peace process Church in Ireland. is too important to be left to politicians” and that civic society needs to have the debate This was a chance for Integrated Schools to that politicians are unable to have, focusing on come together, along with Directors, Friends, the social peace process now (as opposed to Associates and Governors.

Annual Report 2013/2014 17 Development Report Training

Excellence in Integrated Education Award governors in their work. We ran several training The Excellence in Integrated Education Award sessions for schools in Roles & Responsibilities (EIEA) is in its fourth year and going from for Governors. We also ran two seminars on the strength to strength. Over one third of integrated theme of ‘Good Governance’ in January and schools are actively participating in the award October. In these sessions, we covered such with Oakgrove IPS being the most recent topics as company responsibility, insurance, legal recipient. They were presented with their and charitable status. We have also worked with certificate by Enniskillen IPS, who had achieved Parents’ Councils and helped them explore their the award last year, at the launch of IIEW2014. roles in the school.

NICIE offers support, advice and training to In August, we organised training for Teachers schools participating in this self evaluative New to Integration. This day explored what it process. means to be a teacher in an integrated school, what resources and techniques are used and Training and Professional Development what further support teachers would like. We NICIE continue to support schools in also met with Heads of Department in History their professional development of staff. and Religious Education and will be setting up In November 2013 primary and post-primary Forums for these subject areas to explore and schools participated in a 3 day Anti-Bias develop resources for the teaching of them. Training course alongside colleagues from We supported a group of college SENCOs the Nansen Dialogue Training Centre, Skopje. as they planned and delivered training to Anti-bias training was also delivered to fourth over 100 Classroom Assistants. year students at Stranmillis University College in November 2013 and three of these students Achieving Through Integration, followed up this training with a placement in Inclusion and Diversity (AiiD) NICIE, focusing on anti-bias in education. We have been working in partnership with Several schools also availed of whole school BELB to produce an online resource which Peer Mediation training and NICIE is exploring highlights the good practice of schools who a cross sectoral approach to delivering this work with a diverse group of students. training. We continue to support school

18 Annual Report 2013/2014 Conferences

APTIS/NICIE Spring Conference April 2014

The Association of Principal Teachers in Integrated Schools (APTIS), in association with NICIE, held their annual spring conference on 8th & 9th April 2014 in the Corrymeela Centre and The Marine Hotel, Ballycastle.

The title of the year’s conference was 'Connections’ and the beautiful setting, at Corrymeela Peace Centre on the North Coast, afforded the time and space for principals and NICIE staff to connect and share with one another on a personal and professional level.

The conference began with reflections on beginnings, ethos and values and celebrated APTIS’s unity and its commitment to peace Education: academic selection and the integrated building. The Chaplains of Lagan College, college. Noreen Campbell, CEO of NICIE gave an followed by Sir Bob Salisbury, launched the informative talk, updating delegates on the work of conference demonstrating APTIS's commitment to NICIE, including an update on the Panel of Associates, both integrated ethos and excellence in education. Positive Pathways and Area Based Planning.

An innovative ‘Open Space’ session allowed Conference on good governance delegates to discuss freely their thoughts and In the year past, NICIE was pleased to hold an ideas. important seminar in support of good governance in integrated schools. There was an excellent turn On Wednesday 9th April, the opening address out of school principals, chairs of governors and was given by Dr Carmel Gallagher, CEO/Registrar bursars at this seminar. of the General Teaching Council, Northern Ireland (GTCNI). Sharing Good Practice workshops Presentations were made on Impact of New focused on Signature Case Studies, Lagan Charity Commission for NI and the status of the College, Self Evaluation - Teaching & Learning; Grant Maintained Integrated school and reporting E Learning Safety; and Reaffirming All-ability requirements.

Annual Report 2013/2014 19 Positive Partnerships for Integration A group discussion session followed; attendees were asked their thoughts on Tuesday 17th June saw NICIE holding a what would be needed to help schools utilise conference on “Positive Partnerships for the PPInt approach and their thoughts on Integration (PPInt)” and “Achieving a balanced such an approach. intake: Admissions Criteria” in the Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim. In the afternoon session, NICIE associate Eileen Lenehan, a past Hazelwood IC The conference was attended by principals and Principal, talked about how to achieve a governors of integrated schools, NICIE directors balanced intake in post-primary colleges. and associates, members of the Integrated Education Fund (IEF), the Education and Eileen reported on the meeting held with DE Training Inspectorate (ETI), the Department of and the issue with admissions criteria. Education and the Centre for Shared Education at Queen’s University. The principals of three schools described how they were reviewing their admissions criteria Noreen Campbell, CEO of NICIE gave the to allow the schools to achieve a balanced all introductory speech to the audience. In her ability intake. speech she said that the pace of transformation of schools in Northern Ireland had slowed and Whilst there was honest and frank exchange yet surveys show the vast majority of parents of views, conference agreed it was a good would like to see their children educated in an thing that Positive Partnerships for Integration integrated environment. be piloted once additional funding has been secured. Noreen described PPInt as a model of education that is evolving, promotes change, A full conference report is available at and is a model for respectful dialogue in schools www.nicie.org – it is a fledgling policy that is now being “road tested” in an attempt to engender more Growth and Expansion in Integrated co-operation among people from various Primaries and Development of backgrounds. Pre-School Provision Conference

She concluded: “Our children are entitled to A one day conference was organised at the experience of being educated together. Riddel Hall, Belfast in May 2014, aimed PPInt is one way of making this happen.” at supporting integrated primary schools considering either expanding in the future Peter McCreadie then spoke, describing or developing Pre-School Provision. The “where NICIE is at the moment”. conference was very well attended by principals, staff and governors from the A short presentation from Colm Davis, the majority of integrated primary schools. principal of Tor Bank School in Dundonald was shown to the audience and he described The purpose of the day was to provide how the school was linking up with other schools with an overview of Development schools in the area and was looking for ways Proposal processes, the role and function of that schools could support each other and the Pre-School Education Advisory Groups learn from each other. (PEAG) and also to explore the support available for developing Wraparound He said he was extremely interested in Services at schools. how PPInt could be used to further the goals of the Integrated Education movement in Lorraine Finlay from the Department of Northern Ireland. Education (DE) Area Planning Policy Team

20 Annual Report 2013/2014 started off the day and provided a wealth of General NICIE development information on Area Planning, Sustainable team work for schools Schools and the assessment of development proposals. This was followed by a In addition to the items highlighted in this report, presentation from Heather Robinson of the the Development Team were also involved in DE Early Years Team, who outlined the role delivering the following services to schools and function of the PEAG before the floor during the year: was opened for discussion with participants. A lively and lengthy discussion followed. • Advice and support • Induction training for NICIE Directors NICIE was also delighted to welcome • Distribution of information and documentation Marie Marin CBE, CEO of Employers for • Support for NICIE Standing Committees: Childcare and a former founding parent Teachers’ and Early Years Committee, of Oakwood IPS. Marie highlighted the Principals’ Association (APTIS) support available to schools through her • Support for the Integrated Schools Finance organisation for setting up and developing Association Wraparound Care. • Support for the Special Needs Coordinators Committee In the afternoon, the conference was joined • Support for the Vice Principals’ Forums by Martin Tyrell from OFMDFM, who outlined • Appointment of external advisors for the funding available to schools through the Principal’s Performance Review & Staff new “Bright Start” initiative which aims to Development (PRSD) put 2,000 childcare places into schools • Co-ordination of indemnity insurance for estates. Sara Shields, Grants Manager from teachers the Integrated Education Fund (IEF), also • Distribution of circulars on behalf of Teachers’ highlighted the support available through Negotiating Committee the Integrated Education Fund (IEF) for integrated schools. Thanks

The day was rounded up by Claire Howe We would like to thank all the members of the and Loretta Joyce from Oakwood IPS who Development Team for their hard work and presented on the Wraparound Care they commitment during the year as well as offer at Oakwood. those Associates who also make a valuable contribution to the work of the team. Looking There was excellent attendance from to the year ahead, Lorna McAlpine, Senior schools with many highlighting how valuable Development Officer, will remain on secondment the day had been. with the DEL STEM team and in her absence Cliodhna Scott-Wills will continue to act up as Social Media Senior Development Officer. Meanwhile we offer Paula McIlwaine, Development Officer our best NICIE now has a well-established social wishes as she begins a secondment with the media presence on-line. The development Integrated Education Fund (IEF) and we look of social media, such as Facebook and forward to welcoming two new temporary Twitter, has allowed NICIE to publicise Development Officers in the very near future. further the work we carry out, issues Finally we also wish to extend our thanks to relating to integrated education and what the administrative team, particularly Carole is happening in integrated schools in NI. Stapleton, Daire Toner and Louise McIvor for all We are also continuing to develop the their help and support during the year and wish NICIE website, which has proved to be Development Secretaries, Adam Henshaw and an invaluable tool in publicising events Alice Temple, all the best in their new positions both at home and further afield. as they leave NICIE for other ventures .

Annual Report 2013/2014 21 Responses to Consultations

NICIE participated in several significant consultations during the year.

As a member of the Northern Ireland Anti-Bullying Forum, NICIE was one of the organisations which participated in and submitted a response to the Department of Education’s review of anti-bullying policy and practice. NICIE was pleased to be able to respond to the Initial Teacher Education Review and to make a presentation to the panel. NICIE also responded to key government strategies including ‘Delivering Social Change for Children and Young People’ and the OFMDFM Inquiry Projects: Global Initiatives into ‘Together: Building a United Community’ as well as ‘A Sense of Belonging: Delivering Social Change through a Racial Equality Deepening Strategy for Northern Ireland 2014-2024’.

Visitors International Once again, we hosted a wide selection of visitors and are grateful to the schools who Connections accommodate those who wish to see integration in practice. In April, a delegation of European teachers visited NICIE for a fact finding session NICIE strengthened existing and facilitated a very productive session, international connections and created demonstrating how the model of integration new opportunities for international has worked in Northern Ireland. collaboration during the year. In May we welcomed a delegation from the David Yellin College, Jerusalem. The group of December 2013 saw Cliodhna Scott-Wills and 20 students and two lecturers took part in a Paula McIlwaine deepening their understanding of lively and informative session. They also got an integration initiatives in Macedonia by visiting pupils opportunity to visit Cranmore IPS and Malone IC. at the first and longest running project established Also in May, a group of student teachers from by the Nansen Dialogue Centre in Skopje. Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania spent the This inspiring visit preceded the beginning of the day learning about integrated education and the December Conference for teachers and leaders anti-bias approach to education before they who had taken part in the basic and advanced visited several integrated schools: Millennium level professional development in the Nansen IPS, Forge IPS and Hazelwood IC. Once again model for integrated education. On the first day we hosted a group from the Division of Peace of the conference, participants were captivated Studies, University of Bradford. This is an annual by the passionate keynote speech from Professor visit and we were delighted to welcome back Inge Eidsvag from the Nansen Centre for Peace our friends and colleagues from Bradford. and Dialogue in Lillehammer, Norway, followed by Professionals on a study trip from Old Virginia words of encouragement from his colleague, Steinar University were also welcomed in August 2014. Bryn, who spoke of the necessity of developing integrated education as an integral contribution to

22 Annual Report 2013/2014 peace-building in the Balkan region. The day pioneering stage and requires courage, vision and drew to a close with good practice, in multi- determination. The Nansen Model teaches people cultural initiatives in education, shared by Ljuljjeta to live one with the other, not one by the other. Goranci-Brkic from Sarajevo, Elvir Djuliman Based on the ideas and values of Fridtjof Nansen, from Mostar and Suzana Agotic from Croatia. the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1922, his words seem fitting: ‘The difficult is what takes a little Day two of the Conference began with Kayhan time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.’ Karli sharing interesting initiatives in education in Turkey before the focus turned to Northern NICIE was also delighted to receive several study Ireland and the benefits of adopting an anti-bias visits from international teachers and visitors approach to education, delivered by Paula, and a during the year. Such visits involved professionals workshop on deepening the ethos of integration, from Bradford & Old University Virginia who were facilitated by Cliodhna. Paula and Cliodhna were hosted during the summer months as well also able to share further good practice through as a new collaboration with teachers from a filmed interview covering a range of questions Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania who spent several about practice and development of integrated days with NICIE learning about the history and education in Northern Ireland. development of integrated education in NI, the anti-bias approach to education and The focus turned to leadership in May 2014 when visiting integrated schools in May 2014. a group of principals had the privilege of visiting integrated education initiatives in Macedonia. During the same month, new links were forged Patricia Murtagh, Principal of Hazelwood IPS, when NICIE CEO, Noreen Campbell, was invited Nigel Arnold, Principal of Glengormley IPS, Olwen as a guest of the Foreign Office to represent Griffith, Principal of Blackwater IC and Nigel Frith, integrated education at a conference organised Principal of Drumragh IC and Noreen Campbell, by Hedayah, the International Center of Excellence CEO of NICIE, spent several days experiencing the for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), in Abu pioneering work of integration and visiting those Dhabi, UAE. Noreen outlined the work of involved in it. On the final day they were involved integrated education in the Northern Ireland context in a conference for school principals who were and participated in discussions on how education interested in integration and were able to share can be an active agent in promoting tolerance and details of the Northern Irish journey with them. preventing violent extremism. The conference provided an important forum to showcase the work Nigel Frith, Principal of Drumragh IC commented of NICIE and of integrated education and provided on the visit: ‘Integration in Macedonia is in its opportunities to establish new global contacts.

Annual Report 2013/2014 23 NICIE Standing Committees and 3 Other Forums

24 APTIS - The Association of Principal Teachers in Integrated Schools

he pace of change in education does not appear to be slowing down. This year, APTIS focused its energy on supporting and T caring for the wellbeing of principals as they lead schools and touch the lives of over 22,000 students in the 21st century.

In recent years, APTIS has advocated a collegial true to the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 approach with the sharing of good practice in which the Government gave assurance evident and a greater opportunity to discuss the and a commitment to promoting and furthering challenges that are facing children as they play, the development of integrated education and share and develop together in an integrated and charged the DENI to ‘encourage and facilitate inclusive ethos. integrated education’. We wish Drumragh Integrated College well as they enter Our April conference with into the next stage of their the theme, Connections, development proposal. was addressed by Sir Bob Salisbury, Challenges that who challenged us remain with us to be more reflective are assessment, and question the transition and status quo not only internet safety, to in our schools, the name but a few. integrated sector but However, we have indeed the education no doubt that the system as a whole. APTIS organisation has a key role to play If that were not enough, in shaping the future of in symbiotic style, Derek education and remaining Wilson, a leading academic positive about the outlook and passionate advocate of all for our young people. children being educated together, provoked and inspired principals to remain true My sincere thanks to the committed people who to the essence of our work - namely the big have supported me in the APTIS steering group, integration picture of building a better and in particular Cliodhna Scott-Wills and Carole brighter future for all. Stapleton from the NICIE team.

As the year unfolded, APTIS fully supported Amanda McNamee the work of Nigel Frith as he challenged the Chair of APTIS education minister, John O’Dowd to stay

Annual Report 2013/2014 25 Teachers Committee

It was another successful year for the Teachers either from an outside agency or teachers Committee. The enthusiasm and ideas that they sharing good practice. To this end, they have brought to International Integrated Education Week had presentations from Barefoot Books and the 2014 saw the Long Gallery at Stormont festooned ATL on online safety for staff. with links displaying statements and images of integrated education. The majority of integrated The committee decided to move future schools got involved with creating links and meetings around to be hosted by voluntary involved pupils, staff, governors and parents. schools, in order to facilitate as many attendees The Teachers Committee continue to work hard as possible. They also structured the meetings in promoting International Integrated Education so with the first hour as an in-house discussion Week and are looking forward to #IIEW2015 and sharing of good practice, and the second when the theme will be ‘Horizons’. hour as a presentation or workshop on a given theme (set either by an external speaker or The committee is set to explore various themes teacher from the committee). from teaching controversial issues to Forgiveness Education. Kirsty Millar, who has been the Chairperson and school rep for Glencraig IPS for the past number The committee decided on a new format to their of years, stepped down. We are grateful for all meetings so that the first half was dedicated to her hard work and guidance during her time in business and the second half for a presentation – the Teachers Committee and wish her all the best.

26 Annual Report 2013/2014 The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators Committee (SENCO)

The SENCOs committee has had another (Lagan IC) for all their dedication and hard work in successful year. This dynamic group have worked drawing this event together. A major discussion hard in sharing good practice and supporting revolved around creating a multi-agency approach each other. Once again, a group of Colleges to Special Education Needs. It is hoped that this came together to organise post-primary Classroom training can again be organised for primary Assistant training at the end of August. This schools for August 2015. training took place in Lagan College with over 100 Classroom Assistants from six schools involved. The committee decided to move future meetings The main focus of the day was on Autism with the around to be hosted by voluntary schools, in order main part of the training being led by Frances to facilitate as many attendees as possible. They O’Neill from Middletown Centre for Autism. also structured the meetings, with the first hour as an in-house discussion and sharing of good NICIE are grateful to Matt Kirkham (Strangford IC), practice, and the second hour as a presentation Pauline Pulford and Gillian McLean (Priory IC), or workshop on a given theme (set either by an Ally McCammon (Blackwater IC) and Una Walters external speaker or teacher from the committee).

Integrated Schools’ Finance Association (ISFA) Vice Principals Forum

The Integrated Schools’ Finance Association The integrated schools Vice Principals Forum has been provides a forum for sharing ideas and information going from strength to strength and had a successful and organising training for integrated school year. In the first term they met with Ken Harland bursars and administrators. and Sam McCready to discuss their research ‘Taking boys seriously’ and what schools can take Issues discussed this year included the common from it. This was a robust discussion with plenty funding scheme, the new NILGOSC pension of learning and ideas. In the second term Jon Beattie scheme and auto-enrolment and company and (VP, Glencraig IPS) presented on research carried governance requirements. out by the National Association of Head Teachers on the workload of Vice Principals. John Clarence Meeting other finance staff in the integrated sector from RTU led a workshop entitled ‘How effective is a reassuring experience, as often we can feel are Vice Principals in the school improvement isolated and in need of support. ISFA brings us agenda?’ Both sessions led to extensive discussions together, not only by meeting four times each year and sharing of good practice. A lively workshop was but by being able to contact each other on a regular led by Pete Harvey on a programme entitled ‘R Time’. basis to ask questions and share information. Future discussion topics identified are monitoring All bursars and finance managers are encouraged and evaluation, PRSD, review of qualifications at to attend the meetings, which are held in various post-primary and newcomer children. The committee schools throughout the province and facilitated by also decided to move future meetings around to be NICIE staff. hosted by voluntary schools, in order to facilitate as many attendees as possible. I would like to extend my thanks to NICIE for their support and to fellow members who willingly share Paul Mullan (VP, North Coast IC) who was the their expertise and help to make ISFA such a Chairperson, stepped down in June 2014 as he valuable forum. took up an appointment as Principal of North Coast IC. NICIE would like to thank him for his hard work Dorothy Moore and dedication to the VP Forum since its inception and Chairperson look forward to welcoming him as a member of APTIS.

Annual Report 2013/2014 27 Financial 4 Information Treasurer’s Report 2013-2014 For year ending 31st March 2014

he Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) is a Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB) of the Department of Education (DE). T NICIE, a non-statutory body was established in 1989 under Article 64(2) of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989. NICIE was set up as a company limited by guarantee with charitable status.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” published in March 2005 and the principles of the 2012-13 Government Financial Reporting Manual (FReM) issued by the Department of Finance and Personnel.

NICIE continues to receive its core funding from the Department of Education to carry out its activities of developing, supporting and promoting Integrated Education in Northern The Armagh Site was sold in 2012 at a deficit Ireland. with agreement from the Club Banks and the Club Account Loans continue to feature in the In addition, NICIE has received continued 31.3. 2014 financial Statements. The balance support from the International Fund for Ireland sheet again reflects that NICIE is in a net liability and the Department of Foreign Affairs in the position which includes the Club Bank Loans current year. NICIE continues actively to pursue and net pension liability. grants from other sources in what continues to be a challenging environment. NICIE is now emerging from the difficulties created by the financial crisis of 2008 and the NICIE continues to ensure that effective collapse of Club Bank. governance and accountability arrangements are in place to ensure the proper financial Invaluable support has also been received from management and control of NICIE and has our External Auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers continued to use the existing Management LLP and our solicitors Johns Elliott regarding Statement and Financial Memorandum. agreeing the bank terms. The Directors are also responsible for the implementation of a risk management strategy NICIE’s Directors report and financial which ensures that all risks, financial and statements are available on our website at non-financial, are identified and mitigated. www.nicie.org

Annual Report 2013/2014 29 The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (Company limited by guarantee)

Schedule to the income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2014

2014 2013 Income £ £ The Department of Education 646,000 626,500 International Fund for Ireland 165,670 196,801 Open Society - 985 Department of Foreign Affairs 13,101 30,270 Other 24,145 35,423 848,916 889,979

2014 2013 Administrative expenses £ £ Salaries and wages 361,364 361,728 Travel expenses 8,086 8,834 Postage and stationery 10,447 14,284 Depreciation 4,428 23,993 Telephone 4,906 5,081 Temporary staff 32,300 70,317 Photocopier 4,162 5,339 General expenses 7,026 7,094 Heat and light 5,119 5,918 Cleaning 6,833 4,220 Rent 17,500 17,506 Insurance 3,928 3,132 Bad debt expense 4,666 21,000 Rates - 20 Training 13,516 8,269 Repairs 4,126 5,588 Computer maintenance 14,268 13,609 Event functions - 6,260 Department of Foreign Affairs expenditure 10,170 31,387 Open Society expenditure - 603 Other Council Grant expenditure 3,430 - Number one account expenditure 11,373 10,243 International Fund for Ireland wages and salaries 53,655 69,774 International Fund for Ireland other expenditure 112,003 125,708 Subscriptions 3,526 1,637 Professional expenses and HR costs 25,956 2,578 Staff Healthcare 3,129 883 Water Rates 229 - Panel of Associates 67,033 65,789 Marketing and Print 17,319 19,218 Hospitality 3,692 - Aptis 531 501 Market Research 17,920 - Bank Charges 540 -

833,171 910,513

30 Annual Report 2013/2014 5 Governance The arrangements for governance in NICIE can be The ARAC recommended the need for additional summarised as follows: members to the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. A new director has agreed to join The Board of Directors (BoD) has a membership of the committee in April 2014. A representative 16 non-executive members representing the from DE also sat on this committee for 2013-2014 different stakeholder interests. The Board of which assisted in giving additional assurance to the Directors meets monthly throughout the year and committee that all DE and DFP audit requirements had met eight times during 2013/14. The role of were being adhered to. the Board is: to provide leadership to NICIE during the financial year, within a framework of prudent Finance, General Purposes and Staffing and effective controls which enable risk to be Committee (FGPSC) assessed and managed; to set NICIE’s strategic This committee is chaired by the Treasurer to aims, ensuring that the necessary and financial and the Board of Directors, Dermot MacCann. Other human resources are in place to meet its members include Ian McMorris, Martin Stroud objectives; to set NICIE’s values and standards and and Michael Morrow for part of the year. to ensure its obligations to its stakeholders and others are understood and met. This committee continues to meet prior to the meeting of the Board of Directors. It met nine times Directors sit on various panels including recruitment during the current year. Its function is to focus in panels as appropriate and are trained to undertake greater detail on the finance and personnel issues these duties. which are presented to the Board on a monthly basis throughout the year. This committee also A number of committees serve and report to the deals with all issues relating to staff and premises. Board of Directors. The monthly management statements were Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) carefully reviewed by the Accounting Officer prior The Board has an Audit and Risk Assurance (ARAC) to all FGPSC and the Finance Officer presents a Committee chaired by David Clement, other full report to the committee who then review the members are Ian McKay, and Stephen McAnee. financial and performance management of NICIE, ensuring that all budgets and internal controls In accordance with its terms of reference, were adhered to for the year 31 March 2014. which were reviewed and updated in the current year, the ARAC oversees financial reporting This committee reviews all issues connected with and the effectiveness of financial and regulatory staffing and considers the impact of educational compliance, controls and systems reporting. change on staffing and capacity. The FGPSC is It also focuses on corporate governance and also responsible for proper procurement and the risk management which is reviewed and assessed awarding of tenders. Tenders for Internal Audit, at each meeting. Pension Audit, Cleaning Services and Market Research were awarded during the current year The Audit and Risk Assurance Committee formally which were all adhered to under strict procurement met on four occasions during 2013/2014 and procedures with the approval of DE. It was also reviewed the risk register at each meeting and were recommended at Board level that new members satisfied that all risks were identified and corrective joined this committee and two directors agreed to action taken where necessary. join in April 2014.

In addition the committee reviewed the results The committee reviewed and amended its terms of the internal audit review and assurance of reference and recommended the need for work and the implementation of internal audit additional members to the Finance General recommendations. It also reviewed a number Purposes and Staffing Committee. of policies including NICIE’s Whistleblowing and Fraud Policy to ensure best practice. A summary report was presented to the BoD at each quarter during the year.

32 Annual Report 2013/2014 Policy and Planning Committee: Routes to Integration

his year has seen an emphasis on consolidating the idea of developing an additional pathway to integration for schools not falling T into the “new school” or “transformation-ready” categories. Much of the year was spent working through stakeholders’ responses to our ideas, which have been invaluable in enabling us to come up with a strong proposal for extending integrated education in a way which complements existing routes and embeds the integrated ethos. We are now working with the concept of “positive partnerships for integration” and hope to launch the detailed programme in the coming year.

However, as well as seeking to expand integrated education is the most explicit form of shared provision, it is also incumbent on us to continue education. NICIE will continue to support to support and strengthen existing provision. shared education projects as we have for many To this end, the Policy and Planning Committee years, always honouring our Integrated will be planning for ways in which our support Education ethos. for existing schools can dovetail with and complement our work with schools starting I would like to thank all colleagues and out on their integrated journey. stakeholders for their input throughout the year, and look forward to another year of both We have also been very aware of the ongoing consolidation and expansion. debate arising from the Report of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Advancing Shared Education Dr Helen McLaughlin and have taken time to reflect on our position. We Chair have reached the view this year that integrated

Annual Report 2013/2014 33 Patrons of Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

Barry Douglas, OBE (Pianist)

Barry McGuigan, MBE (Former European and WBA Featherweight Champion of the World)

Brian Friel (Playwright)

Cecil Linehan MBE (Co-founder All Children Together)

Dame Mary Peters DBE (Former Olympic Pentathlon Champion)

Lord Diljit S Rana MBE (Hotelier)

Dorinda, Lady Dunleath

Dr Brian Lambkin (Director of the Mellon Centre of Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park)

Dr Maurice Hayes (Permanent Secretary DHSS-NI 1984-87; Ombudsman 1987-91)

Jennifer Johnston FRSL (Novelist)

Sir Kenneth Branagh (Actor and Film Director)

Liam Neeson, OBE (Actor)

Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Nobel Peace Prize Winner)

Marie Jones, OBE (Playwright)

Neil Hannon (Singer/Song-writer)

Sister Anna (Member of the Anglican Community of the Sisters of the Love of God)

Patrick Yu (Executive Director of Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities)

Polly Devlin OBE (Writer)

Professor Aine Hyland (Founder of ‘Educate Together’ in Republic of Ireland)

Rev Dr Norman Taggart (President Methodist Church in Ireland 1997-98)

Rev Professor Enda McDonagh (Former Professor of Moral Theology, Maynooth)

Sean Rafferty (Broadcaster)

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield KCB (Head of the NI Civil Service 1984 -1991)

Sir James Galway OBE (Flutist)

Sister Ethna Kelly R.S.M.

Very Rev Dean Victor G B Griffin (Retired Dean, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin)

Very Rev Dr John Dunlop CBE (Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1992- 93)

34 Annual Report 2013/2014 Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland Enrolments

School/College Location Location Opened/ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Transformed

Lagan IC Belfast Belfast 1981 1011 1020 1040 1124 1150 1150 1200 1222 1200 1243 1249 1262 1270 Forge CIPS * Belfast Belfast 1985 225 212 226 213 230 250 249 254 287 264 313 340 304 Hazelwood IC Belfast Belfast 1985 736 721 744 740 804 810 845 871 869 863 868 893 917 Hazelwood IPS * Belfast Belfast 1985 458 456 452 455 455 454 456 457 461 459 472 416 468 All Children's CIPS Newcastle Newcastle 1986 231 211 208 211 199 203 203 211 211 215 203 214 227 Bridge IPS Banbridge Banbridge 1987 402 411 410 414 408 413 409 409 411 413 408 411 411 Mill Strand IPS * Portrush Portrush 1987 208 180 181 210 190 196 192 188 193 189 207 207 211 Windmill IPS * Dungannon Dungannon 1988 223 217 222 231 230 228 234 232 231 231 241 233 252 Braidside IPS * Ballymena Ballymena 1989 319 336 345 351 346 351 370 365 358 366 370 360 349 Enniskillen IPS * Enniskillen Enniskillen 1989 244 235 243 261 235 239 240 244 244 246 233 272 299 Omagh IPS * Omagh Omagh 1990 220 239 232 276 291 300 325 339 343 347 362 383 369 Portadown IPS * Portadown Portadown 1990 224 223 222 218 220 228 234 231 231 231 234 271 289 Brownlow CIC Craigavon Craigavon 1991 372 377 410 410 434 439 450 423 418 385 347 334 312 Carhill CIPS Garvagh Garvagh 1991 43 41 46 42 44 55 40 32 26 32 53 64 66 Corran IPS * Larne Larne 1991 199 199 190 189 201 212 208 205 209 212 204 194 194 Oakgrove IPS * L'derry L'Derry 1991 452 460 452 445 467 451 441 444 453 445 447 450 447 Acorn IPS * Carrickfergus Carrickfergus 1992 230 229 229 229 230 254 260 258 259 253 259 232 250 Oakgrove lC L'derry L'Derry 1992 812 852 876 849 846 800 850 850 801 842 847 870 857 Cranmore IPS * Belfast Belfast 1993 173 211 193 215 208 223 209 221 206 185 212 224 232 Lough View IPS * Belfast Belfast 1993 298 348 368 415 437 435 420 430 430 433 444 438 452 Saints and Armagh Armagh 1993 229 240 250 275 272 274 258 253 236 224 213 220 217 Scholars IPS * Erne IC Enniskillen Enniskillen 1994 356 341 332 362 375 419 415 417 415 423 427 421 411 Shimna IC Newcastle Newcastle 1994 497 495 492 514 511 509 510 521 515 531 548 548 572 Cedar IPS * Crossgar Crossgar 1995 208 213 216 211 217 220 225 220 217 211 209 220 221 Drumragh IC Omagh Omagh 1995 460 489 519 493 525 610 580 637 647 658 658 672 664 Integrated College Dungannon Dungannon 1995 543 563 483 467 462 467 430 458 484 492 528 537 541 Dungannon New-Bridge IC Loughbrickland Loughbrickland 1995 479 498 514 502 504 500 500 520 518 540 547 569 585 Portaferry CIPS * Portaferry Portaferry 1995 85 84 84 86 83 80 73 70 65 54 63 63 63 North Coast IC Coleraine Coleraine 1996 475 527 522 512 534 535 495 476 495 455 462 458 446 Oakwood IPS * Derriaghy Derriaghy 1996 196 206 192 224 230 231 232 232 227 204 233 234 232 Rathenraw CIPS Antrim Antrim 1996 106 111 105 101 94 84 82 82 69 69 78 77 89 Slemish IC Ballymena Ballymena 1996 637 677 681 690 720 710 720 720 720 761 796 797 777 Annsborough CIPS * Castlewellan Castlewellan 1997 44 42 46 50 55 62 54 48 59 59 42 57 55 Malone IC Belfast Belfast 1997 467 500 797 800 791 790 797 751 754 710 708 655 620 Strangford IC Carrowdore Carrowdore 1997 450 466 486 469 488 505 526 525 517 538 529 530 554 Ulidia IC Carrickfergus Carrickfergus 1997 745 799 522 529 530 540 540 534 540 554 575 573 570 Bangor Central CIPS Bangor Bangor 1998 496 498 531 537 561 561 560 563 571 578 604 606 601 Fort Hill CIC Lisburn Lisburn 1998 453 446 867 867 867 873 880 878 895 895 904 890 866

Annual Report 2013/2014 35 Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland Enrolments

School/College Location Location Opened/ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Transformed

Kilbroney CIPS Rostrevor Rostrevor 1998 86 88 96 93 93 105 105 108 92 92 99 111 125 Kircubbin CIPS Kircubbin Kircubbin 1998 290 304 119 111 103 102 121 123 116 123 152 179 199 Priory CIC Holywood Holywood 1998 893 891 477 489 418 420 445 473 482 507 494 500 550 Spires IPS Magherafelt Magherafelt 1999 162 163 183 188 201 200 202 205 202 202 203 203 197 Millennium IPS * Carryduff Carryduff 2000 72 97 105 155 195 208 218 220 224 227 261 255 301 Carnlough CIPS Carnlough Carnlough 2001 28 27 37 41 41 52 48 44 47 40 40 42 28 Sperrin IC Magherafelt Magherafelt 2002 50 115 196 268 353 403 442 475 482 496 493 500 499 Glengormley CIPS * Glengormley Glengormley 2003 185 150 160 155 155 167 182 250 217 296 346 384 Maine IPS * Randalstown Randalstown 2003 17 30 48 86 104 117 124 134 127 114 135 144 Round Tower CIPS * Antrim Antrim 2003 120 134 195 187 216 245 261 265 273 280 281 280 Drumlins IPS Ballynahinch Ballynahinch 2004 12 22 37 61 83 101 115 135 152 160 171 Glencraig CIPS * Craigavad Holywood 2004 186 210 225 230 253 220 227 219 222 219 211 Phoenix IPS Cookstown Cookstown 2004 17 42 54 80 105 127 149 161 174 169 176 Roe Valley IPS Limavady Limavady 2004 25 44 72 101 126 138 157 155 175 168 162 Groarty CIPS L'Derry 2005 43 40 36 31 32 42 41 40 40 32 Ballycastle CIPS * Ballycastle 2006 100 124 129 142 151 161 177 184 188 Crumlin CIC Belfast Crumlin 2006 352 350 400 300 234 233 169 142 107 Rowandale IPS Moira 2007 18 34 64 101 132 193 212 222 Blackwater IC Downpatrick 2008 340 342 334 320 274 257 211 Cliftonville CIPS * Belfast 2008 182 185 180 193 225 254 299 Ballymoney CIPS Ballymoney 2009 284 267 285 301 300 330 Crumlin Primary IPS * Antrim 2009 194 180 180 179 180 150 Fort Hill CIPS * Lisburn 2009 233 234 239 235 236 240 Parkhall CIC Antrim 2009 679 681 684 702 698 667

Total 15773 16575 17149 17811 18733 19183 19589 21047 21131 21252 21747 21966 22133

* designates a pre school unit, including reception classes, nurseries and playgroups Lir IPS closed in June 2005 following the successful transformation of Ballycastle PS Groomsport CIPS closed in June 2006 due to decreasing enrolments Kindle CIPS closed in August 2008 Hilden CIPS closed in December 2008 Blackwater IC came about as the result of a merger between Rowallane IC and Down Academy Clogher Valley IPS (Independent Primary) closed in August 2009 Armagh Integrated College closed in August 2009

These figures include all children being educated in integrated schools, including pre-school provision and those with statements of special educational needs, which explains any discrepancy with the official Department of Education figures.

62 Schools 15 Grant Maintained Integrated Colleges 5 Controlled Integrated Colleges (includes 1 with conditional approval) (includes 1 with conditional approval) 23 Grant Maintained Integrated Primary Schools 19 Controlled Integrated Primary Schools (includes 2 with conditional approval)

36 Annual Report 2013/2014

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