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Education Authority

Údarás Oideachais (Irish) Lear Owerance (Ulster Scots)
Formation	April 1, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-01)
Type	Non-departmental body
Headquarters	Academy Street, Belfast, BT1 2NQ
Chief Executive	Sara Long
Chair	Mr Barry Mulholland
Website	www.eani.org.uk

The Education Authority (Irish: Údarás Oideachais) is a non-departmental body sponsored by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. It was established under the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12) which was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly. The authority became operational on 1 April 2015.

Responsibilities

The Education Authority is responsible for ensuring that efficient and effective primary and secondary education services are available to meet the needs of children and young people, and support for the provision of efficient and effective youth services. These services were previously delivered by the five Education and Library Boards (ELBs). Each of the former ELBs is now a sub region of the Education Authority:

• Belfast Region
• North Eastern Region
• South Eastern Region
• Southern Region
• Western Region

Education Authority Board

The Education Authority Board consists of 20 members plus the Chair. These include:

• 8 political members who were nominated by political parties according to the D’Hondt mechanism;
• 4 members representative of the interests of the Transferors (the Church of Ireland, the Methodist Church in Ireland, and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland) of controlled schools;
• 4 members representative of the interests of the Trustees of maintained schools;
• 1 member representative of the interests of Integrated schools;
• 1 member representative of the interests of Irish medium schools;
• 1 member representative of the interests of Voluntary Grammar schools; and
• 1 member representative of the interests of Controlled Grammar schools

References

1. "Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014". The National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
2. "About Us". Education Authority. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
3. "About Us - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
4. "Belfast Region - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
5. "North Eastern Region - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
6. "South Eastern Region - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
7. "Southern Region - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
8. "Western Region - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
9. "Education Authority Board - Education Authority". www.eani.org.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

External links

• Education Authority

v t e Education in Northern Ireland
Administration	Departments Department of Education Department for the Economy Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Other government organisations Education Authority Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment Sector support organisations Controlled Schools' Support Council Council for Catholic Maintained Schools Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
Institutions	Universities Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster Open University University colleges St Mary's University College Stranmillis University College Further education colleges Belfast Metropolitan College Northern Regional College North West Regional College Southern Regional College South Eastern Regional College South West College Agricultural college College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise Theological colleges Belfast Bible College Edgehill Theological College Irish Baptist College Union Theological College Whitefield College of the Bible Schools Irish medium primary Primary Irish medium secondary Secondary Grammar Integrated Nurseries Irish medium
See also Education in the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Education in the Republic of Ireland

• Education in Northern Ireland
• Education administration in Northern Ireland
• Educational institutions established in 2015
• 2015 establishments in Northern Ireland