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The Education (NI) Order 2006 places a mandatory requirement on Boards of Governors to provide all pupils at grant-aided schools with access to the Entitlement Framework (EF).
The Entitlement Framework is an integral part of young people's education within the Revised Curriculum at Key Stage 4 and post-16 and must not be seen as an optional extra or a short-term initiative. The requirement to offer greater breadth and balance in the courses and pathways available to young people is a key contributor to our overall goal of raising standards within all post-primary schools and of reducing the levels of educational underachievement that currently exist.
The EF will guarantee all post primary pupils aged 14 and above greater choice and flexibility by providing them with access to a wide range of learning opportunities suited to their needs, aptitudes and interests, irrespective of where they live or the school they attend, including a minimum range of vocational courses.
Foyle Learning Community (FLC) is made up of the 15 post primary providers in the Derry City Council area and North West Regional College.
It is one of 30 Learning Communities across NI and like all 30 Learning Communities it is a partnership of schools who are working collaboratively to increase and develop curricular provision with a view to creating the Entitlement Framework in the Derry City Council area.
There are already more than 1300 pupils across the FLC involved in collaborative arrangements at present. Many of these attend NWRC to avail of their expertise and provision in a wide range of vocational courses. Some attend other providers in the community to benefit from the offer of specialist A levels that schools would not usually have the expertise to provide, such as Media Production at the Verbal Arts Centre. Many other pupils attend other schools to access A-level courses not on offer in their own school.
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