AQW 8697/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how many (i) children applied with a first preference to Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey; and (ii) first preference applications were successful to Monkstown Nursery School, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 7 December 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 December 2016
- Answer due by
- 22 December 2016
- Answered
- 20 December 201613 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey, provides 78 funded pre-school education places. The breakdown is 26 full-time and 52 part-time.
As advised by the Education Authority, the table below shows the number of first preference applications and successful first preference applications to Monkstown Nursery School, Newtownabbey.
| Session | Applications | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
| Full Time | First preference applications | 69 | 70 | 77 |
| First preference applications successful | 26 | 26 | 26 | |
| Part Time | First preference applications | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| First preference applications successful | 13 | 9 | 11 |