Publications: P - S

This page contains a central list of Department of Education publications that are available throughout this site. If you require a publication that is not listed here please contact us using our feedback form.

A - E | F - J | K - O | P - S | T - Z | Numerical | All Publications

P - S

• Pastoral care in schools - Child protection (PDF 342 KB)

  This publication provides guidance to schools and others on their responsibilities in relation to child protection, including the action to be taken to enable cases of suspected abuse to be properly considered and pursued. It also includes guidance on how complaints against school staff should be handled. The contents do not constitute, or purport to be, an authorative interpretation of the law: that is exclusively a matter for others.

• Pastoral Care in Schools: Promoting Positive Behaviour (PDF 507 KB)

  This document, published in 2001, provides guidance for staff to develop and review their policies and procedures surronding the way pupils behave in schools. It reflects strategies and examples of good practice to help promote and maintain positive behaviour in schools. There is also a section on developing an anti-bullying culture.

• Professional Development of Beginning Teachers leaflet (PDF 126 KB)

  This leaflet is supplemental to the Teacher Education Partnership Handbook and provides a quick reference and guidance for beginning teachers, teacher-tutors, school principals and Boards of Governors.

• Professional development of beginning teachers- questions and answers leaflet (PDF 129 KB)

  This leaflet covers the frequently asked questions in relation to the professional development of beginning teachers.

• Recording children with Special Educational Needs-Guidance for schools (PDF 201 KB)

  This guidance seeks to provide common special educational needs (SEN) categories for use across all the Education and Library Boards (ELBs) and the school sector.

• Regional Policy Framework on the Use of Reasonable Force/Safehandling (PDF 568 KB)

  This guidance has been developed in line with guidance from Towards a Model Policy in Schools on the Use of Reasonable Force.

• Report by the Government Actuary on the Teachers' Superannuation Scheme (Northern Ireland) 1991 (PDF 697 KB)

  This is the report on the actuarial investigation of the Northern Ireland Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme as at 31 March 1996. It covers the period 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1996.

• Resource Accounts, Department of Education, for year ended 31 March 2004 (PDF 2.9 MB)

  The Department of Education Resource Accounts to the year ending 31 March 2004.

• Resource Accounts, Department of Education, for year ended 31 March 2005 (PDF 239 KB)

  The Department of Education Resource Accounts to the year ending 31 March 2005.

• Resource Accounts,Department of Education,for year ended 31 March 2003 (PDF 807 KB)

  The Department of Education Resource Accounts to the year ending 31 March 2003.