Strangford College

Strangford College, also known as Strangford Integrated College, Abbey Road, Carrowdore, Newtownards, County Down BT22 2GB, Northern Ireland is an integrated co-educational secondary school with a grammar stream for 800 pupils. Clare Foster is the school's current Principal.[1]

Strangford College
Location
Coordinates54.5796°N 5.5531°W / 54.5796; -5.5531

Context

Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[2] either run as Catholic schools or Protestant schools. On as parental request, a school could apply to 'transition' to become Grant Maintained offering 30% of the school places to students from the minority community. Lagan College was the first integrated school to open in 1981.[3]

History

Strangford College opened 1 September 1997, with 64 students and 7 staff. It was awarded grant maintained status in September 1999.[4]

A new build was approved by the Department of Education in April 2016. The contractor was appointed in 2021 and work will commence in the academic year starting September 2021.[5]

In 2021, the college applied to raise its official enrolment number from 670 to 760; at first, the minister refused the request,[6] but on appeal, reversed his decision. This allows the college to accept 130 year 8 students a year.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Proposal 622 Strangford Integrated College expansion" (PDF). www.eani.org.uk/. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
  3. "The History of NICIE | Integrated Education Northern Ireland". www.nicie.org. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. "History and Ethos". www.strangfordcollege.net. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. "New Build Consultation Boards" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/399/. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. Doyle, Simon (6 February 2021). "Heavily oversubscribed Strangford Integrated College loses bid for extra places". The Irish News. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  7. "Strangford Integrated College – Minister Retakes His Decision". Integrated Education Fund. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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