Post Primary Review

The Structures

The Trustees will plan for the future through the structures set out below:

A Regional Programme Board

This Board has been established by the Trustees as part of the Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education. This Board has developed the agreed core principles and it works to ensure a strategic and coherent approach across the Catholic-managed sector. The membership of this Board represents all Diocesan and Religious Congregations who provide post-primary schools in Northern Ireland.

Diocesan Programme Board

The Trustees manage the planning in any area through Diocesan Programme Boards. This Board includes representatives from all the Trustee groupings who provide schools within a particular Diocese. This group has agreed the number of and sequencing of projects as well as the project boundaries.

Local Project Board

The Trustees manage the identification and implementation of any adaptations or alternative arrangements to post-primary educational provision in the Catholic-managed Sector by means of projects operating at a local level.

Each project will have a Project Board made up of Trustee representatives to reflect each of the Trustee groupings involved. These groups have managed the launch of the projects and will make a decision on any preferred option for the delivery of post-primary education within project areas. They will be complemented and assisted by a User Group comprising Governors and a Working Group comprising Principals of the schools involved.

Working Group

The Working Groups comprise of Principals of the schools involved. They are currently reviewing the delivery of post-primary education in the project areas and will design options and plans for the future to address the challenges facing post-primary education. This is being done in close collaboration and consultation with the other sectors and providers. This approach ensures that diverse models of provision which meet the needs of the pupils who attend the schools involved in the project can be developed.

User Group

The User Group comprises of Chairs of Boards of Governors. The design options which reflect the project's principles will be considered by the User Group and then submitted to the Local Project Board. They will, in turn, examine the desired or proposed option in the light of the agreed core principles.