The Dickson Plan is a school transfer system implemented in North County Armagh in Northern Ireland.
It is a two tier system in which many pupils in Craigavon and surrounding areas, such as Portadown and Tandragee, attend Junior High Schools during KS3 before transferring to Senior High Schools to complete their compulsory education during KS4.
[1][2] Junior High Schools in the Dickson Plan are not academically selective.
The Dickson Plan wasn't affected by the 2008 education reforms which removed academic selection in the rest of Northern Ireland.
In the early 2010s, Education Minister John O'Dowd intended to abolish the Dickson Plan, by amalgamating the Junior and Senior Highs, with the decision being approved by the Southern Education and Library Board.