http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1759/schedule/5/part/I/crossheading/the-health-and-personal-social-services-northern-ireland-order-1972-ni-14/made

Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

School performance and standards

Special educational needs and additional support

School governance, management and finance

State schools

School admissions

Government Printer for Northern Ireland

2016-08-31

NORTHERN IRELAND

In this Order—Part II contains provisions about discipline in grant-aided schools;Part III contains provisions relating to the baseline assessment of pupils in their first year of compulsory education and the assessment and performance of other pupils;Part IV contains provisions relating to the performance and management of schools;Part V contains provisions concerning the provision and funding of pre-school education and the admission of children to such education;Part VI contains provisions relating to the establishment and functions of the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland and to the employment of teachers;Part VII re-enacts existing provisions relating to the financing of schools with amendments which transfer responsibility for the funding of voluntary grammar schools and grant-maintained integrated schools from the Department to boards;Part VIII re-enacts existing provisions concerning the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment and confers certain new functions on that Council;Part IX contains miscellaneous provisions relating to education.