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Jack Russell
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Londoner in Norn Iron | Dad of girls | Data Communicator | Inclusive Education Activist | Glastonbury Pilgrim | Gödelian Strange Loop | Runner | ENTP | bit.ly/PfIE
There's a map here which shows which religious organisations visited which schools:

ni-primary-school-visitors.streamlit.app
Religious Visitors to Northern Irish Primary Schools
Find your school and see which religious organisations visit.
ni-primary-school-visitors.streamlit.app
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
There are also 4 Protestant church reps on the majority of Controlled Primary School boards in Northern Ireland (out of nine reps total). As the largest Protestant denomination, there are normally at least two Presbyterian representatives.
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
As uncovered in this 2024 report, of 11,500 visits to Northern Irish primary schools in a one year period, 2,350 were from the Presbyterian church:

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November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
None of this is wrong but the data from Dylan and @robfordmancs.bsky.social show the marginal impact of overtly breaking the promise is likely to be small, as it's already baked in to ppls expectations & negative opinions. And ppl know the spirit of it will be contravened anyway, just more covertly.
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Both?
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
There's a map here which shows which religious organisations visited which schools:

ni-primary-school-visitors.streamlit.app
Religious Visitors to Northern Irish Primary Schools
Find your school and see which religious organisations visit.
ni-primary-school-visitors.streamlit.app
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
There are also 4 church reps on the majority of controlled primary school boards in Northern Ireland (out of nine total). As the largest Protestant denomination, there are normally at least two Presbyterian representatives.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
At least 8 schools surveyed had Presbyterian visitors, and justified their lack of Access NI checks in part on an assumption that the ministers they invited in would have had to do these as part of their organisation's own procedures.
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
As uncovered in this 2024 report, of 11,500 visits to Northern Irish primary schools in a one year period, 2,350 were from the Presbyterian church:

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Only 12.6% of the schools surveyed (that had religious visitors) did their own Access NI checks.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thanks - incredible stats both!
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Brutal.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Labour 0.8% - a record low?
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Con 0.8%. Thanks for turning up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Well that went well.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Or is that just the Irish variety?
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Do they come with added safeguarding problems?!
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yes! You're not wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Given these very serious safeguarding issues, it is worth noting that the single biggest source of NI Primary School visitors uncovered by Parents for Inclusive Education's FOI report in 2024 was the #Presbyterian church, accounting for 2,350 out of 11,500 total visits.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Also this excellent piece with lots more of the data and charts behind Aditya's article:

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM