Principals across Northern Ireland will be urged today to make schools and classrooms more menopause friendly in order to support teachers and help prevent them leaving their professions.
A motion will call on the INTO at the 152nd Northern Conference to negotiate with employers on a range of measures including putting in place an agreed policy on supporting menopause in classrooms.
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Markethill High School is a co-educational 11-16 Comprehensive School situated in the town. Since 1959 the school has been educating pupils of all abilities from a wide geographical area.
The principal and Board of Governors gathered this week to host the Keystage Three prizegiving which celebrates the success of its pupils. Principal James Maxwell marked the occasion by encouraging pupils to look for opportunities to get the best out of their education.
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Markethill High School is a school which continues to thrive and its most recent accolade is winning the British Council International School Award which was celebrated at the school.
A British Council assessor said: “This is an outstanding action plan and a credit to your school. Markethill High School has clearly demonstrated its continued commitment to embedding internationalism into the curriculum during the years it has been involved in the International School Award.”
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The students at Markethill High School have excelled themselves yet again by achieving the best ever GCSE results in the school’s history.
Principal James Maxwell and the Board of Governors have passed on their congratulations to the pupils at the school this morning. More than 80 per cent achieving five or more GCSEs and a record 68 per cent achieving 5 or more A*-C including English and Maths. Here’s the full story:
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INTO is Ireland’s largest teachers’ union. On Friday, over 200 delegates will be in Limavady for the annual Northern Conference.
John O’Dowd, Minister for Education, is the guest speaker during the public session but he will be hearing from Gerry Murphy, the Northern secretary, who will tell the Minister that lack of budget is ‘an unacceptable ransom’ on education. INTO has started a ballot of its members.
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