distinguish which children it can accept to the last available place. Places are allocated based on the information provided by the parent/guardian on the child’s application form. The of Governors has a duty to verify information” “qualifying contained within applications to its school if, at the point of applying the admissions criteria, it has knowledge or belief” of a problem with “general false information within applications. The duty to verify is established at the point where a school applies its admissions criteria. Parents are provided the opportunity to update application information during the application process, however there is no legal duty to do so. It is a matter for the school’s Board of Governors to decide how to treat applications from children whose addresses changed post application. The Board of Governors, as the admissions authority within the Open Enrolment process, is responsible for setting the admissions criteria that will be used to determine which pupils to admit. The Department plays no role in the setting of these criteria. The Department, however, provides guidance on the duty of a Board of Governors to verify application information by way of a Circular issued to all schools. This information can be found on the Departmental website at www.@deni.gov.uk Circular 2013/24 on a School’s Duty to Verify Application Information’. ‘Guidance Number of sign language interpreters in schools with deaf pupils Mr Peter Weir To ask the Minister of Education how many sign language (DUP - North Down) interpreters have been provided for deaf pupils in schools in each of the last five years. The Education Authority has advised that the number of sign language interpreters provided for deaf pupils in each of the last five financial years is as follows: 2010/11 - 3 2011/12 - 2 2012/13 - 3 2013/14 - 3 2014/15 - 5
distinguish which children it can accept to the last available place. Places are allocated based on the information provided by the parent/guardian on the child’s application form. The of Governors has a duty to verify “qualifying information” contained within applications to its school if, at the point of applying the admissions criteria, it has “general knowledge or belief” of a problem with false information within applications. The duty to verify is established at the point where a school applies its admissions criteria. Parents are provided the opportunity to update application information during the application process, however there is no legal duty to do so. It is a matter for the school’s Board of Governors to decide how to treat applications from children whose addresses changed post application. The Board of Governors, as the admissions authority within the Open Enrolment process, is responsible for setting the admissions criteria that will be used to determine which pupils to admit. The Department plays no role in the setting of these criteria. The Department, however, provides guidance on the duty of a Board of Governors to verify application information by way of a Circular issued to all schools. This information can be found on the Departmental website at www.@deni.gov.uk Circular 2013/24 ‘Guidance on a School’s Duty to Verify Application Information’. Number of sign language interpreters in schools with deaf pupils Mr Peter Weir (DUP - North Down) To ask the Minister of Education how many sign language interpreters have been provided for deaf pupils in schools in each of the last five years. The Education Authority has advised that the number of sign language interpreters provided for deaf pupils in each of the last five financial years is as follows: 2010/11 - 3 2011/12 - 2 2012/13 - 3 2013/14 - 3 2014/15 - 5
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