AQW 46618/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of schools; and (ii) the number of days schools, had to close due to security alerts in each of the last five years.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 19 May 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Priority
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Answer due by
- 26 May 2026
- Answered
- 26 May 20267 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
The Department only holds records of cases where a setting has closed for a whole day without morning registration being taken.
| Academic year | No. of schools | No. of days |
| 2021/22 | Nil | Nil |
| 2022/23 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | Nil | Nil |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025/26 | Nil | Nil |