Knockbreda Nursery School goes for Gold!

Knockbreda Nursery is a stand alone controlled school, situated on the same campus as Knockbreda Primary School, Belfast.  

Mark Baker, CSSC and Barry Mulholland, Education Authority with pupils from Knockbreda Nursery School

Congratulations to Knockbreda Nursery School on achieving Unicef’s Rights Respecting School Gold Award, one out of 14 schools in Northern Ireland achieving a gold award.

In recognition of the school’s commitment to environmental work, Knockbreda Nursery School has also achieved the Green Flag award and in reflection of their Forest School curriculum, the school also holds Northern Ireland Forest School accreditation.

Find out more about Knockbreda Nusery School ‘where play is the work of children’.

The controlled education sector is the largest, most diverse education sector in Northern Ireland comprising 49% of all schools across all phases: nursery, special, primary, secondary, grammar, integrated and Irish medium schools.

Controlled schools are #OpenToAll, welcoming children and young people of all faiths and none, richly diverse and inclusive, reflective of and embedded in the communities they serve.