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Are children entitled to free school meals 29 percentage points less likely than their peers to get good GCSEs? Has this attainment gap barely closed in over a decade?
21 April 2022
Data shows that in 2018-2019, 49.5% of FSME school leavers had at least five GCSEs including English and maths, compared to 78.5% of their non-FSME

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Does Northern Ireland spend least per pupil?
28 October 2021
Spending on schools per head of population in Northern Ireland is similar to England, Scotland, and Wales. However, Northern Ireland’s comparatively large school age population

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Is Northern Ireland one of the most locked-down places in the world?
24 February 2021
According to a “Government Stringency Index”, the UK has one of the strictest lockdown policies in the world, but the Northern Ireland Executive’s response is

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1 in 5 school staff assaulted weekly?
17 July 2019
The survey data was misinterpreted by ICTU. 1 in 10 of those surveyed experience physical abuse at least once weekly. Are one in five school

Education

Do our primary pupils receive least per child?
28 March 2018
Public expenditure on pre-primary and primary education in Northern Ireland is least per child (£3,440; UK average: £4,316) and per head of population (£416; UK

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Has Sinn Fein Education Minister improved outcomes for most disadvantaged?
4 May 2016
The claim fails to distinguish between students that are eligible for Free School Meals and those who actually receive them. However, once corrected for this