The two children had each been rejected for admission to the secondary schools of their first choice, by application of that school’s sub-criteria. The regulations governed admissible elements of such criteria. The sub-criteria included evidence of participation in extra curricular activities. The applicants asserted that these were discriminatory, and a breach of the right of poorer children to a proper education. There is no right to a particular form of education or at a particular school, but there is a right not to be discriminated against in the provision of whatever education is provided. In this case there was insufficient evidence to support or test the assertions made, and the applications were refused.
[2001] NIEHC 60
Bailii
Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Secondary Schools (Admissions Criteria) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, European Convention on Human Rights Art 8, 16
Northern Ireland
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