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Thursday 3rd December 2009 SDLP Education spokesperson Dominic Bradley said Sinn Fein MLA Jennifer McCann was simply recognising reality when she admitted it was a mistake to claim abolition of the 11+ and leave nothing in its place.
Wednesday 16th December 2009 SDLP Education spokesperson Dominic Bradley MLA said the inter-party talks on schools transfer could now offer real hope of an early resolution to parents and children.
Friday 29th January 2010 SDLP Assembly Member Thomas Burns has described the quarter of a million pounds repair bill for burst pipes faced by the Department of Education as ‘very unwelcome’.
Friday 5th February 2010 SDLP Education Spokesperson Dominic Bradley MLA speaks on the survival of rural schools at the SDLP Annual Party Conference.
Thursday 18th February 2010 SDLP Foyle MP MLA Mark Durkan has welcomed the official handover of land at the former Clooney military base in Derry’s Waterside for the construction of new school buildings.
Wednesday 10th March 2010 SDLP MLA for Newry and Armagh accused the Education Minister Caitríona Ruane of misleading governors, teachers and parents when she said £17 million would be available for new school capital builds.
Friday 21st January 2011 SDLP Education Spokesperson Dominic Bradley MLA has welcomed the commitment to restore the accumulated savings made by schools which had been recently removed.
Wednesday 2nd February 2011 SDLP Education spokesperson, Newry and Armagh MLA Dominic Bradley has called on the ministers for finance and education to clarify what will happen to funds schools have saved up from unused expenditure (End- Year Flexibility or EYF funds).
Friday 18th February 2011 SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan has attended the Westminster launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People as part of a major campaign for compulsory financial education. Over 123 cross-party MPs have joined the group, making it one of the largest APPGs ever.
Monday 4th April 2011 SDLP Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly candidate Tommy Gallagher has said he will continue to stand by parents and school governors in the fight against the closure of small rural schools.
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