Council for Catholic Maintained Schools

CCMS Circulars 2007

• 2007 / 37 Teachers Premature Retirement Compensation Scheme (1804KB Word document)

  Wednesday, November 28, 2007

• 2007/36 Proposed Industrial Action by Classroom Assistants (912KB Word document)

  Tuesday, November 13, 2007

• 2007/35 Reducing Fire Risks (964KB Word document)

  Friday, October 5, 2007

• 2007/34 Upper Pay Scale Progression - September 2007 (1961KB Word document)

  Thursday, October 4, 2007

  Guidance for teachers eligible for progression up the upper pay scale from 1 September 2007

• 2007/33b Testing of Portable Electrical Equipment in Schools (920KB Word document)

  Wednesday, October 3, 2007

  CCMS will be extending for a further year the contract for testing of portable electrical equipment in schools. This circular informs school Principals and Chairpersons of this decision and relates to schools currently opting out of the contract.

• 2007/33a Testing of Portable Electrical Equipment in Schools (917KB Word document)

  Tuesday, October 2, 2007

  CCMS will be extending for a further year the contract for testing of portable electrical equuipment in schools. This circular informs school Principals and Chairpersons of this decision and relates to schools currently opting in to the contract.

• 2007/32 Receipt of Information for Teachers Payroll (910KB Word document)

  Tuesday, September 25, 2007

• 2007/31 Proposed Industrial Action by Classroom Assistants (911KB Word document)

  Monday, September 24, 2007

• 2007/30 Teaching Awards 2008 (907KB Word document)

  Saturday, September 15, 2007

• 2007/29 Payment for use of premises at elections (909KB Word document)

  Friday, September 14, 2007

• 2007/28 Revised Threshold Assessment Arrangements 2007 (1112KB Word document)

  Thursday, September 13, 2007

• 2007/27 Changing Faces (912KB Word document)

  Wednesday, September 12, 2007

• 2007/27 Enc Changing Faces (961KB Acrobat document)

  Wednesday, September 12, 2007

• 2007/26 Open University - YASS (914KB Word document)

  Tuesday, September 11, 2007

• 2007/25 EAL - Welcome Pack (907KB Word document)

  Monday, September 10, 2007

• 2007/24 Welcome Pack Launch (907KB Word document)

  Friday, June 29, 2007

• 2007/23 Threshold Assessment Update (906KB Word document)

  Thursday, June 28, 2007

  Update re 2007/22

• 2007/22 Threshold Assessment - September 2007 (919KB Word document)

  Thursday, June 7, 2007

• 2007/21 Changes to Teachers' Maternity and Adoption Schemes (934KB Word document)

  Friday, June 1, 2007

  The Work and Families (NI) Order, and associated regulations, introduces a number of changes to the statutory maternity and adoptions leave and pay arrangements. This circular sets out the effects of these new statutory provisions.

• 2007/20 Educational Visits - Policy Practice and Procedure (921KB Word document)

  Friday, May 4, 2007

  Clarification with regard to the recently updated guidance on Educational Visits: Policy,Practice and Procedures

• Educational Visits - Policy, Practice and Procedures 2007 (240KB Acrobat document)

  Friday, May 4, 2007

  Document prepared by representatives of key stakeholder groups (including ELBs, CCMS, GBA, NICIE, ETI and schools). It provides guidance for all those involved in planning and carrying out educational visits, in line with current best practice and accordance with relevant Health and Safety and Child Protection requirements.

• 2007/19 Advertisment and Shortlisting Criteria for Teaching Posts (925KB Word document)

  Wednesday, April 18, 2007

  Guidance notes on advertisements and use of shortlisting criteria in light of Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (NI) 2006

• 2007/18 Health and Safety Bulletin - No Smoking (1016KB Word document)

  Tuesday, April 17, 2007

  From 30 April 2007 most workplaces and public places, including schools, in Northern Ireland, will be smoke-free. This Health and Safety Bulletin explains what the new smoke-free law will mean for schools and what to expect when it is introduced. It contains general information, a sample policy that can be adapted and adopted by schools, an example of the sign that must be displayed in workplaces and how to obtain further information if required.

• 2007/17 Survey on School Holiday Options 2008-09 (943KB Word document)

  Thursday, April 5, 2007

• 2007/16 Child Protection Circulars (1095KB Word document)

  Wednesday, April 4, 2007

  This circular sets out to review Child Protection Circulars issued by Department of Education in 2006 and to advise of amendments made to CCMS recruitment procedures to reflect the guidance issued.

• 2007/15 Briefing on Sustainable Schools Policy (948KB Word document)

  Friday, March 30, 2007

  Initial thoughts from Council regarding Sustainable Schools Policy.

• 2007/13 Collaborative Arrangements and the Entitlement Framework (Post Primary Schools only) (1785KB Word document)

  Thursday, March 15, 2007

• 2007/12 Revised Curriculum - Minimum Content (1781KB Word document)

  Wednesday, March 14, 2007

  You can download the Education Order (Curriculum Minimum Content) Order from www.nicurriculum.org.uk

• 2007/11 Health and Safety Policy Document (968KB Word document)

  Thursday, February 22, 2007

• 2007/10 Class Sizes in Key Stage 1 2007/08 (931KB Word document)

  Wednesday, February 21, 2007

• 2007/09 School Holidays 2007/08 (927KB Word document)

  Tuesday, February 20, 2007

• 2007/08 Upper Scale Pay Progression - September 2006 (1161KB Word document)

  Monday, February 19, 2007

• 2007/07 Attendance Management in Catholic Maintained Schools (1797KB Word document)

  Monday, February 12, 2007

• 2007/06 - Child Protection: Vetting of School Governors (1778KB Word document)

  Monday, February 5, 2007

• 2007/06a Child Protection - Vetting of School Governor - DOR2 form PDF Version (30KB Acrobat document)

  Monday, February 5, 2007

• 2007/05 - Planning for Catholic Provision and the Bain Review (903KB Word document)

  Friday, February 2, 2007

• 2007/04 - Managing Redundancy Selection in 2007/2008 Academic Year (26KB Word document)

  Tuesday, January 23, 2007

• 2007/03 - Retirement Seminars (1815KB Word document)

  Friday, January 19, 2007

• 2007/02 - Teachers' Premature Retirement Compensation Scheme (1799KB Word document)

  Thursday, January 11, 2007

• 2007/01 - Teaching Allowances - Employing Authority Guidance (1808KB Word document)

  Wednesday, January 10, 2007