{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-development-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-development-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/106",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-development-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Matters to be addressed in school development plans",
  "text": "Every school development plan is to include a concise statement of:\n(a) the school’s vision and ethos;\n(b) the context of the school, to include the particular circumstances, conditions and characteristics of the environment within which the school operates, together with any material opportunities or challenges arising therefrom;\n(c) the evaluation and evidence that informed the school development plan;\n(d) the school’s high-level areas of focus for school improvement across the next three years as identified through (c) to achieve the school’s vision and in line with any directives from the Department;\n(e) a set of actions for delivery in the forthcoming academic year.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 1.8.2026, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/106/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:23:21.455283+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}