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  1. Killicomaine JSH well-being ambassadors promoting good mental health

    Killicomaine Junior High spent the 2017/2018 school year focusing on pupil mental health and resilience.

  2. CSSC Christmas card competition

    The Controlled Schools’ Support Council has launched its Christmas card competition, and is seeking entries from nursery schools across Northern Ireland. 

  3. Limavady High School celebrates decades of sharing with St Mary's High School

    CSSC member school Limavady High School launched a video to celebrate decades of shared education with St Mary's High School. The event was attended by Barry Mulholland, Controlled Schools' Support Council chief executive.

  4. About us

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    The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) is the sectoral support body for controlled schools in Northern Ireland. CSSC works on behalf of controlled schools and the wider controlled education sector to enhance the quality of education provision.

    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 managed by the Education Authority.

    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.

    CSSC became operational on 1st September 2016 as a result of The Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.

    CSSC is grant funded by Department of Education.

    CSSC's vision
    CSSC’s vision is to empower controlled schools to serve their communities by enriching the lives of their children and young people.
     

    CSSC’s mission

    • Support better outcomes for all pupils through provision of high-quality education.
    • Build understanding that the controlled sector is diverse and inclusive.
    • Promote the role controlled schools have in serving their communities.
    • Engage and collaborate with partners to ensure equitable support for the controlled sector.
    • Optimise opportunities to encourage effective governance in controlled schools.
    • Represent the sector effectively to ensure an enduring and valued role for controlled schools within a network of sustainable schools.
    • Promote trust and respect by nurturing a collective ethos, reflective of the controlled sector’s values and culture.
       

    CSSC Ethos
    The Controlled Schools’ Support Council supports controlled schools, which are open to all faiths and none, in providing high-quality education for children and young people to enable them to learn, develop and grow together, within the ethos of non-denominational Christian values and principles.

    Watch videos below for further information.

    CSSC Vision video

  5. CSSC staff take on the Cave Hill challenge

    Controlled Schools’ Support Council staff are putting their best foot forward on Friday 16 November in aid of Cancer Focus NI, CSSC’s charity partner of the year.

  6. CSSC Council meeting at Millington Primary School

    Council held its meeting on Thursday 18 October at Millington Primary School, Portadown.

  7. Taking Boys Seriously event documents

  8. Pearse McCormick

    It is with great regret and sadness that we announce that our friend and colleague Pearse McCormick has passed away following illness. 

  9. Taking Boys Seriously - addressing underachievement

    The first Taking Boys Seriously joint conference organised by Ulster University, The Controlled Schools’ Support Council and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools took place on Wednesday 17 October 2018.

  10. Wellington College prize day

    CSSC Chief Executive Barry Mulholland was delighted to be invited to Wellington College’s prize day on 28 September 2018.