Review of Public Administration - Policy Documents
Consolidated Policy Paper: This document is intended to act as a guide to the RPA in Education, and how it is likely to impact on various parts of the education sector. It is written in light of the policy papers that have been published for public consultation, and the decisions taken as a result of the public consultation process. As we move closer to the implementation of the Review, more information and detail will become available, and further versions of this document may be produced.
Policy papers 1-18, detailing the high level proposals for the implementation of the Review of Public Administration (RPA) in education, were issued to stakeholder organisations from 28 November 2006 as part of the ongoing RPA consultation process.
Responses received to the policy papers issued to stakeholder organisations from 28 November 2006 have been analysed and an analysis report has been published. A copy of the analysis and a consolidated policy paper is available at the end of this page.
Policy Paper 21 was issued to stakeholder groups for consultation on 25 October 2007. Policy papers 19 and 20 will be issued for consultation in the near future.
Introduction from Education Permanent Secretary Will Haire:
Policy Paper 1: An overview of RPA in Education:
Policy Paper 2: This paper details the relationship between the Education and Skills Authority and the Schools once established:
Policy Paper 3: This paper will detail the relationship between the ESA and the Department of Education once the ESA is established.
Policy Paper 4: This paper details the relationship between the Department, stakeholders and the implications for the planned review of advice. It also discusses the creation of the Education Advisory Forum.
Policy Paper 5: This paper is to highlight in broad terms the governance and accountability framework that will apply in relation to the ESA and grant-aided schools. The paper also sets out the associated legislative provisions that will need to be sought to give effect to that framework.
Policy Paper 6: This paper outlines the key policy issues and legislative areas that will need to be addressed as part of the RPA policy agenda to establish the ESA, which will have a number of key estates-related functions in relation to estate planning and management.
Policy Paper 7: This paper details the role that the ESA will have in being the single employing authority for all teaching and non teaching staff within the new education structure in Northern Ireland.
Policy Paper 8: The future of the school library service is another responsibility transferring to ESA. This paper details the arrangements and benefits that this will bring once responsibility is transferred.
Policy Paper 9: Youth work is an important form of non formal education in Northern Ireland. This paper details the transferral of responsibility from the various youth organisations to the ESA.
Policy Paper 10: The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) is responsible for inspecting schools and colleges, and will play an integral part in the RPA. This paper describes how the new legislation will clarify the ETI's operational autonomy, and capacity to work across the three Departments (DE, DCAL and DEL).
Policy Paper 11: The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland is an independent, self regulatory body, and will remain as such under the RPA but with strengthened powers of autonomy.
Policy Paper 12: This paper describes how a Director of Children's Services post will be created within the ESA. The Director will work with other organisations and the Director of Children's Services in the Health service, to improve children's services.
Policy Paper 13: This paper focuses on the emergent thinking on School Improvement Policy and on the implications for the RPA and for the RPA legislation.
Policy Paper 14: Ancillary Legislative Provisions - Contingency Planning Post RPA, this paper deals with the activities that are undertaken by organisations in order to ensure that the risk of an emergency occurring is minimised, and that the organisation can respond effectively if an emergency happens and that essential public services are maintained throughout and disruption.
Policy Paper 15: This paper proposes a removal of the existing legislative provision for free school transport, in order to enable the Department to charge parents a fee for school transport should a decision be made to do so in the future.
Policy Paper 16: This paper proposes to extend the current legislative provisions relating to foods in schools to cover vending machines supplied directly to schools via private contracts, in order to ensure that only healthy foods are provided in schools.
Policy Paper 17: This paper will take forward two publicly announced Ministerial commitments, which will give the ESA a coherent role in supporting pre-school children with provision that is appropriate for their age.
Policy Paper 18: This paper deals with the Department's and the ESA's need to collage detailed statistical and monitoring data from schools, youth organisations and alternative education providers.
Policy Paper 19: Review of Advice
- Review of Advice paper to follow
Policy Paper 20: Ownership of Publicly owned schools
Policy Paper 21: Sectoral support Post RPA. The consultation on this paper finishes on 14 December 2007; the policy communicates the Department's decision to provide funding for professional support for sectoral interests after the implementation of the RPA, and sets out the type of activities it sees as appropriate to be supported in thie way.
Analysis Report on Papers 1 - 18: This paper is a summary of responses from stakeholders to the RPA legislation papers 1- 18 and the Department's analysis of them.
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