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Carla Lockhart, MP for Upper Bann met with Barry Mulholland CEO of the Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) on Monday 3 February to discuss the challenges facing controlled schools and the wider education system in Northern Ireland.

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) secured funding for the second time from the Department for Communities’ Sign Language Partnership Group to deliver its programme of sign language workshops (January 2020). 

Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive of the Controlled Schools' Support Council, visited Coagh Primary School, Cookstown on 16 January 2020.

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) has welcomed the announcement that an estimated £45million is to be invested in schools.

Barry Mulholland, Chief Executive, Controlled Schools' Support Council met with Karen Mullan, Education spokesperson for Sinn Féin, at Parliament Buildings, Stormont on Wednesday 8 January 2020.

UUP Education spokesperson Rosemary Barton MLA met with the Controlled Schools’ Support Council on Thursday 19 December to discuss the need for investment in Northern Ireland’s education system.

The Ulster University-led ‘Taking Boys Seriously’ project has recently released an update on the data collection phase of the research, informed by the summary analysis of the best practice conference held last year.

Members of the Controlled Schools’ Support Council’s senior management team met on Wednesday 18 December with DUP leader Arlene Foster MLA and Peter Weir MLA.

The Controlled Schools' Support Council was delighted to welcome 37 controlled nursery principals and teachers to its ‘Innovative Practice and Responsive Interventions’ event at Stranmillis University College on Wednesday 27 November 2019.

Knockavoe Special School recently celebrated its ‘Rights Respecting School’ gold award.