Circulars for 2001 or earlier
View per page: 10 | 20 | 50| Circular no. | Circular name |
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| 1999/10 | Pastoral Care in Schools: Child Protection (PDF 27 KB) This circular is to advise schools of the publication of the Department of Education's guidance on child protection, 'Pastoral Care in Schools: Child Protection'. |
| 1999/09 | Pastoral Care: Guidance on the Use of Reasonable Force to Restrain or Control Pupils (PDF 186 KB) This circular provides clarification and guidance on the use of reasonable force, by teachers and other authorised staff to restrain or control pupils in certain circumstances. It gives guidance about who can use reasonable force, when it is appropriate to use it, and the procedures for recording incidents where reasonable force was used. The circular also advises that schools should have a written policy about the use of reasonable force which should be made known to parents. |
| 1999/06 | Obligation to Enter Pupils for Public Examinations (PDF 9 KB) informs schools of the requirement to enter pupils for public examinations for which they have been prepared, and explains the circumstances in which this requirement does not apply. |
| 1999/04 | Disclosure of Educational Records: Assessment Units (PDF 10 KB) explains the position of Assessment Units in relation to the requirements for the disclosure of educational records. |
| 1998/32 | The Teachers Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) (PDF 14 KB) This circular introduces the Teachers' Superanuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998. |
| 1998/29 | The Teachers Superannuation Scheme(Northern Ireland)Retirement on Health Grounds. (PDF 13 KB) This circular sets out modified arrangements for the processing of ill-health retirement applications by members of the Northern Ireland Teachers' Superannuation Scheme. |
| 1998/27 | Information about School Performance: School Performance Tables and Publication of Assessment Outcomes (PDF 25 KB) advice about changes to the content and format of the School Performance Tables and the introduction of new requirements to publish assessment outcomes in school prospectuses and Governors' Annual Reports. |
| 1998/25 | Promoting and Sustaining Good Behaviour in Schools: Summary of New Legislative Provisions (PDF 14 KB) This circular advises of new legislation requiring the implementation of discipline policies in schools and provides additional support to schools in the matter of suspensions and expulsions. |
| 1998/24 | Education (Target (PDF 13 KB) advise schools hat the Department has made Regulations requiring schools to set annual targets for overall performance of pupils at the school. |
| 1998/23 | Information for Parents about Assessment Outcomes (PDF 19 KB) advice about the introduction of a new requirement to publish assessment outcomes in school prospectuses and Governors' Annual Reports. |
| 1998/07 | Changes to Teachers' Pay from 1 April 1998 and 1 December 1998 (PDF 88 KB) This circular sets out the teacher pay scales from 1 April 1998 and 1 December 1998. |
| 1998/03 | Recording and Reporting Individual Pupils' Achievements (PDF 99 KB) explains the requirements of the Education (Pupil Records) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 |
| 1998/01 | Estimates of Pension Benefits. (PDF 8 KB) This circular advises employers on the procedures for requesting estimates of pension benefits. |
| 1997/31 | Reporting Pupils' Achievements at the end of Key Stage 2 and the transfer of information to Post (PDF 11 KB) advice for principals on the results of the consultation exercise to simplify and streamline end of Key Stage 2 reporting requirements. |
| 1997/29 | Assessment Arrangements in Key Stage 3 (PDF 12 KB) advice about the introduction of minor changes to the Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements. |
| 1997/28 | Physical and mental fitness of teachers to teach in Institutions of Further Education (PDF 68 KB) The Circular gives guidance on the assessment procedures for those concerned with the physical and mental fitness to teach of intending and serving teachers. It also outlines procedures for physical and mental assessment while in service as a teacher. Specific advice is given on particular diseases and disorders. |
| 1997/27 | Post entry training for teachers in Further Education (FE) (PDF 21 KB) The Further Education Teachers’ (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 require that every person employed, as a teacher must have such qualifications as may be approved by the Department. This circular updates those teacher-training requirements in the light of the change to the law from 1 October 1997 to end the requirement for new teachers to serve successfully a statutory probationary period. |
| 1997/25 | Assessment Arrangements in Key Stage 1 & 2 (PDF 10 KB) explains the requirements of the Education (Assessment Arrangements for Key Stages 1 and 2) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997. |
| 1997/18 | Education (School Information and Prospectuses) (Amendment) Regulations (NI) 1997 (PDF 12 KB) explains the requirements of the Education (School Information and Prospectuses) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 |
| 1997/16 | Physical and mental fitness of teachers to teach (PDF 32 KB) This circular gives guidance on the assessment procedures for those concerned with the physical and mental fitness to teach, of intending and serving teachers. |
