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Dickson Plan
The Dickson Plan is a school transfer system implemented in North County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It is a two tier system in which many pupils in Craigavon and surrounding areas, such as Portadown and Tandragee, attend Junior High Schools during KS3 before transferring to Senior High Schools to complete their compulsory education during KS4. Junior High Schools in the Dickson Plan are not academically selective. At age 14, students may transfer to a Grammar school, or to a non-selective secondary school. Pupils can transfers to schools that implement the Dickson Plan as well as schools which follow the more common 11–16 or 11–18 approach. The Dickson Plan wasn't affected by the 2008 education reforms which removed academic selection in the rest of Northern Ireland. In the early 2010s, Education Minister John O'Dowd John Fitzgerald O'Dowd (born 10 May 1967) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Armagh
County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders the Northern Irish counties of County Tyrone, Tyrone to the west and County Down, Down to the east. The county borders County Louth, Louth and County Monaghan, Monaghan to the south and southwest, which are in the Republic of Ireland. It is named after its county town, Armagh, which derives from the Irish language, Irish ''Ard Mhacha'', meaning "Macha's height". Macha was a sovereignty goddess in Irish mythology and is said to have been buried on a wooded hill around which the town of Armagh grew. County Armagh is colloquially known as the "Orchard County" because of its many apple orchards. The county covers an area of , making it the smallest of Northern Ireland's six counties by size and the List of Irish counties by area, sixth-smallest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the Demographics of the United Kingdom#Population, UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland#Demographics, Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of Devolution, devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, UK Government. The government of Northern Ireland cooperates with the government of Ireland in several areas under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. The Republic of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craigavon
Craigavon ( ) is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be the heart of a new linear city incorporating Lurgan and Portadown, but this plan was mostly abandoned and later described as having been flawed. Locally, "Craigavon" refers to the urban area between the two towns. It is built beside a pair of artificial lakes and is made up of a large residential area (Brownlow), a second smaller one (Mandeville), plus a central area (Highfield) that includes a substantial shopping centre, a courthouse and the district council headquarters. The area around the lakes is a public park and wildlife haven made up of woodland with walking trails. There is also a watersports centre, golf course and ski slope in the area. In most of Craigavon, motor vehicles are completely separated from pedestrians, and roundabouts are used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portadown
Portadown ( ) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is based on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of about 32,000 at the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 Census. For some purposes, Portadown is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area", alongside Craigavon (planned town), Craigavon and Lurgan. Although Portadown was founded during the early 17th century English Plantation of Ulster, it was not until the Victorian era and the arrival of the railway that it developed as a major town. It earned the nickname "hub of the North" because it was a major railway junction; here the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), Great Northern Railway's line diverged for Belfast, Dublin, Armagh and Derry. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Portadown was also a major centre for the production of textiles (mainly Irish linen, linen). Portadown is the site of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tandragee
Tandragee () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is on a hillside above the Cusher River, and is overlooked by Tandragee Castle. The town is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Ballymore, County Armagh, Ballymore and the historic Barony (Ireland), barony of Orior Lower. Earlier spellings of the name include 'Tanderagee' and 'Tonregee'. It had a population of 3,545 people in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. History Overlooking the town is Tandragee Castle. It was originally the seat of the Chief of the Name, chief of the Ó hAnluain, O'Hanlon Irish clan, clan, who was Tigerna, Lord of Orior. Because some of the O'Hanlons took part in the Nine Years' War (Ireland), Nine Years' War, the castle and surrounding territory were confiscated from the O'Hanlons and granted to Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison, Oliver St John and his heirs. Tandragee Castle was rebuilt in about 1837, after having previously been destroyed during the Irish Rebelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland the term also refers to the first three years of secondary education. England and Wales Legal definition The term is defined in the Education Act 2002 as "the period beginning at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class attain the age of twelve and ending at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class attain the age of fourteen"Defined in section 82 of thEducation Act 2002/ref> (i.e. a three-year period). This Key Stage normally covers pupils during their first three years of secondary education, although in some cases part or all of this stage may fall in a middle or high school. Some middle and high schools have been piloting accelerated Key Stage 3, by teaching the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 (KS4) is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other examinations, in maintained schools in England normally known as Year 10 and Year 11, when pupils are aged between 14 and 16 by August 31. (In some schools, KS4 work is started in Year 9.) Legal definition The term is defined in the Education Act 2002 as "the period beginning at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class attain the age of fifteen and ending at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class cease to be of compulsory school age".Defined in section 82 of thEducation Act 2002/ref> Since that Act, the ending of compulsory education in England has been extended beyond the age of sixteen, but compulsory education beyond the age of 16 is not classed as part of Key Stage 4. England and Wales Purpose The term is used to define the group of pupils who must follow the relevant programmes of study fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Dowd
John Fitzgerald O'Dowd (born 10 May 1967) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Upper Bann since 2003, and has served as Minister for Finance since February 2025. He served as Minister for Infrastructure from May to October 2022, and again from February 2024 until February 2025. He served as Minister for Education in the Stormont Executive from 2011 to 2016. He briefly took on the duties of deputy First Minister in 2011 while Martin McGuinness ran in the 2011 Irish presidential election. In 2019, O'Dowd launched an unsuccessful bid to unseat Michelle O'Neill as Vice President of Sinn Féin at the party's ard fheis and received the endorsement of Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew. However, he refused to give media interviews to explain his decision to challenge O'Neill. Early career O'Dowd was born in 1967 in Tullylish, a rural community between Lurgan and Banbridge. He had trained as a chef bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ronan's College
St Ronan's College ( Irish: ''Colaiste Naomh Ronan'') is a voluntary grammar school located in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. History The college formed on 1 September 2015 when the three single-sex schools in Lurgan combined: St Paul’s Junior High School, St Mary’s High School and St Michael’s Grammar School. The college initially operated on three sites but in 2021 work began on a new single building on a 36-acre site at Cornakinnegar Road. The total investment on this new building will be £30million. Students will move into the new facility in 2025. It is anticipated that the new college building will accommodate 1750 pupils. Facilities The new school will provide greatly enhanced facilities. Besides general classrooms the new school will have specialist rooms for art, science, drama, technology, music, business studies, ICT, home economics and careers. There will also be a sixth form centre, a canteen/dining room, a multi-purpose hall and a library. There wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Education In Northern Ireland
The education system in Northern Ireland differs from elsewhere in the United Kingdom (although it is relatively similar to Wales), but is similar to the Republic of Ireland in sharing in the development of the ''National school (Ireland), national school'' system and serving a similar society with a relatively rural population. A child's age on 1 July determines the point of entry into the relevant stage of education in the region, whereas the relevant date in England and Wales is 1 September. Overview As with the island of Ireland as a whole, Northern Ireland has one of the youngest populations in Europe and, among the four UK nations, it has the highest proportion of children aged under 16 years (21% in mid-2019). In the 2021–2022 academic year, the region's school education system comprised 1,124 schools (of all types) and around 346,000 pupils, including: * 796 primary schools with 172,000 pupils; * 192 post-primary schools with 152,000 pupils; * 126 non-grammar post- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
