2. Northern Ireland Specialist Schools’ Forum Steering Group Work so far Advocates for Specialist School Model (Northern Ireland) Meetings with Policymakers Involvement in developing New Model post August 2011

3. Advocates for Specialist School Model (Northern Ireland) Not the same as the English Specialist School Model Collaboration Post-Primary Partners Primary Partners Local Communities Business Area Learning Partnerships Focused School Development Planning Sharing and Showcasing Good Practice At heart of driving the ‘Every School a Good School’ School Improvement Policy agenda Raising Standards Tackling Barriers to Learning Sharing and Learning from one another Ensuring that Pupil Voice is heard

4. Meeting with Policy Makers Over last three months:- Met With Department of Education (Katrina Godfrey / Lorraine Finlay) ETI (John Anderson / Liz Armour) ESA (Gavin Boyd)

5. Future Development Involvement in developing New Model post August 2011 Development of Specialist Clusters across Northern Ireland Maximising Potential of iNet membership More cohesive Specialist School Development Programme. eg - Specialist Schools Staff Development Programme Networking opportunities / Visits to Schools Website Development etc. Self-Support Organisation (Resource Implications) Re-nomination of Steering Group Members