AQW 21049/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to provide a list of education otherwise than at school settings that will consider requests for placement for September 2025.
Asked by Andrew McMurray MLA on 21 January 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 21 January 2025
- Answer due by
- 5 February 2025
- Answered
- 3 February 202513 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The EOTAS centres that will consider requests for placement for September 2025 are:
| Thornberry EOTAS | Coleraine |
| Treetops EOTAS | Limavady |
| Little Oaks EOTAS | Londonderry |
| Tamnamore EOTAS | Dungannon |
| Willow EOTAS | Belfast |
| Sunflowers EOTAS | Antrim |
| Ballinamallard EOTAS | Enniskillen |
| Castlereagh EOTAS | Belfast |
| Castlereagh Support Unit | Belfast |
| Downpatrick EOTAS | Downpatrick |
| Drumard EOTAS | Magherafelt |
| Groomsport EOTAS | Groomsport |
| Kinnego EOTAS | Dungannon |
| Lagan Valley Project EOTAS | Poleglass |
| Limavady EOTAS | Limavady |
| The Link Centre EOTAS | Belfast |
| Long Tower EOTAS | Londonderry |
| Loughan EOTAS | Ballymena |
| Lough Road KS4 EOTAS | Lurgan |
| Lough Road KS3 EOTAS | Lurgan |
| Loughshore EOTAS | Lurgan |
| Maydown EOTAS | Londonderry |
| Newtownabbey EOTAS | Newtownabbey |
| Newstart Education Centre EOTAS | Belfast |
| Newry EOTAS | Newry |
| Omagh EOTAS | Omagh |
| Pathways EOTAS | Belfast |
| Rathmore EOTAS | Antrim |
| Redburn EOTAS | Holywood |
| Strabane EOTAS | Strabane |
| Sunlea EOTAS | Coleraine |
| Woodlands EOTAS | Bangor |
| Connections | Newtownabbey |
As Fir Trees EOTAS is currently seeking alternative accommodation, an offer of enhanced in-school support will be considered in response to any requests received for a centre placement.
The Exceptional Teaching Arrangements service group provisions that are available via CAMHS referrals for September 2025 are:
| Education Intensive Therapy (EDIT) | Strathfoyle |
| Time Out for Positive Steps (TOPS) 1 | Westcourt Centre, Belfast |
| Time Out for Positive Steps (TOPS) 2 | Beechcroft Education Unit, Belfast |
| Newtownabbey Educational Guidance Centre (NEGC) | Newtownabbey |