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Sperrin Integrated College
Sperrin Integrated College, 39 Pound Road, Magherafelt, Derry, Northern Ireland is an integrated secondary school for 11-19 year olds. As of June 2021 the admission number is 100 and enrolment is 570. B A Heron is the school's current principal. Context Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, 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. Description The college has enjoyed sustained growth against a downturn in demographics. It had a year 8 admissions number of 80, and a capacity (enrolment) of 500. It was oversubscribed and in the 4 years from 2016 it had admitted 86, 97, 81, and 105. The school roll rose to 530. Five hundred is below the number of students needed to run the sixth f ...
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Education In Northern Ireland
Education in Northern Ireland differs from education systems elsewhere in the United Kingdom (although it is relatively similar to Wales), but is similar to the Republic of Ireland in sharing in the development of the ''national school'' system and serving a similar society with a relatively rural population. A child's age on 1 July determines the point of entry into the relevant stage of education in the region, whereas the relevant date in England and Wales is 1 September. Overview As with the island of Ireland as a whole, Northern Ireland has one of the youngest populations in Europe and, among the four UK nations, it has the highest proportion of children aged under 16 years (21% in mid-2019). In the most recent full academic year (2021-2022), the region's school education system comprised 1,124 schools (of all types) and around 346,000 pupils, including: * 796 primary schools with 172,000 pupils; * 192 post-primary schools with 152,000 pupils; * 126 non-grammar post-pr ...
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Magherafelt, Derry
Magherafelt (, mˠaxəɾʲəˈfʲiːlt̪ˠə is a small town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,805 at the 2011 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of the county and is the social, economic and political hub of the area. It is part of Mid-Ulster District. History Magherafelt has been documented as a town since 1425. An earlier name for the area was ''Teach Fíolta'' - ‘Fíolta’s (monastic) house’. This would suggest that there was a monastic settlement here under the leadership of Fíolta. The site of the medieval parish church may be marked by the ruins of a later church and graveyard at the bottom of Broad Street. The Salters Company of London was granted the surrounding lands in South Londonderry in the seventeenth century as part of the Plantation of Ulster. Subsequently, the town began to take on its current shape with a central diamond forming the heart of the town. During The Troubles in the late 20t ...
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County Londonderry
County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. Before the partition of Ireland, it was one of the counties of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1613 onward and then of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800. Adjoining the north-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and today has a population of about 247,132. Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts; Derry and Strabane, Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid-Ulster. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in All-Ireland sporting and cultural even ...
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Integrated Education
Integrated education in Northern Ireland refers to the bringing together of children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions in childhood education: the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all cultural and religious backgrounds. History In 2017 the Northern Ireland government commissioned a report to detail the development of Integrated Education, so as to decide on structures and processes to support the effective planning, growth and development of a more integrated education system, with a framework of viable and sustainable schools. Text was copied from this source, which is available under a Open Government Licence v3.0 © Crown copyright. Since 1974 the All Children Together (ACT) movement had been lobbying against the segregation in schools in Northern Ireland. The Education (Northern Ireland) Act, 1978 ( Dunleath Act) contained a provision that allowed existing schools to tra ...
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Lord Baker Of Dorking
Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, (born 3 November 1934) is a British politician, a former Conservative Member of Parliament and cabinet minister, including holding the offices of Home Secretary, Education Secretary and Conservative Party Chairman. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group. Early life The son of a civil servant, Baker was born in Newport, Monmouthshire. He was educated at Hampton Grammar School between 1946 and 1948, a boys' voluntary aided school in West London (now Hampton School, an independent school). He then went on to study at St Paul's School, a boys' public school then in Hammersmith, London and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1958 with a BA Degree in History. Whilst at Oxford, Baker served as Secretary of The Oxford Union. Four years later he graduated with a MSc degree in International Law and Regulations. He did National Service in the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of lieutenant, and worked for Roy ...
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Lagan College
Lagan College is an integrated secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It holds a total of around 1540 students. It was formed in 1981 as the first integrated school in Northern Ireland and contains students of mainly Roman Catholic and Protestant faiths, however students from other faiths also attend the school. The school is situated on National Trust land, overlooking Belfast. It is named after the River Lagan, which flows through the city. It is one of Northern Ireland's most oversubscribed secondary schools. History Lagan College was founded as a response to the conflict in the community and to the religiously divided school system in Northern Ireland. Most Catholic children attended Catholic-maintained schools, while Protestant school children mainly attended state (controlled) schools. Origins In the early nineteen seventies a group of parents called ‘All Children Together’ wished to explore the idea of sharing their children’s education with other f ...
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Magherafelt
Magherafelt (, mˠaxəɾʲəˈfʲiːlt̪ˠə is a small town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,805 at the 2011 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of the county and is the social, economic and political hub of the area. It is part of Mid-Ulster District. History Magherafelt has been documented as a town since 1425. An earlier name for the area was ''Teach Fíolta'' - ‘Fíolta’s (monastic) house’. This would suggest that there was a monastic settlement here under the leadership of Fíolta. The site of the medieval parish church may be marked by the ruins of a later church and graveyard at the bottom of Broad Street. The Salters Company of London was granted the surrounding lands in South Londonderry in the seventeenth century as part of the Plantation of Ulster. Subsequently, the town began to take on its current shape with a central diamond forming the heart of the town. During The Troubles in the late 20th c ...
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North Coast Integrated College
North Coast Integrated College, Cloyfin Road, Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland is an integrated co-educational non-selective secondary school. Angela Passmore is the school's current principal. Context Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, 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. History North Coast Integrated College opened in 1996 as an integrated, co- educational,all-ability school available to all without fees or entrance examinations. It is a Grant Maintained Integrated (GMI) School: GMI status is a result of the 1989 Education Reform (NI) Order. The school was inspected in November 2012, ETI described the context of the school: :"''North Coast Integrated Colle ...
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Parkhall Integrated College
Parkhall Integrated College is an integrated co-educational non-selective secondary school in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are 1,100 students aged between 11 and 18, that is in Year 8 to Year 14. Context Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, 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. Facilities The college re-located from two sites to a single modern facility in 2018. There is a wide range of indoor and outdoor sporting facilities. There is also a youth and community wing. Activities In the 2012 London Olympics torch relay the Principal's secretary carried the torch through Antrim. See also * List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland * List of secondary schoo ...
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Integrated College Dungannon
Integrated College Dungannon (ICD) is an integrated secondary school situated in Dungannon, County Tyrone and is attended by students from ages 11–18. It is an all-ability College including grammar entry. It has been open since 1995. Context Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, 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. History Many pupils transferred from the Armagh Integrated College when it closed in 2009. Site The college has been enhanced with a new £2.3m sports hall. It was designed by Mc Adam Design architects and delivered by Woodvale Construction. The site has an accredited 3G pitch. Notable former pupils * Colin Morgan, film, television, theatre and radio actor See ...
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Slemish College
Slemish College is a co-educational integrated secondary school in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. The college is named after Slemish Mountain near Ballymena in mid- Antrim, which tradition suggests was home to Saint Patrick during his youth. Context Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, either run as Catholic schools ( Maintained) or Protestant schools ( Controlled). On a parental request, a school could apply to 'transition' to become Grant Maintained ( Integrated school)which would offer 30% of the school places to students from the minority community. Lagan College was the first integrated school to open in 1981. Under the delegated Northern Ireland education system, the year groups are numbered differently to their English cousins. In England the first year is Reception, then comes Year 1, in Education in Northern Ireland, reception is year 1, and 11 year-olds transition to post-primary (secondary) into Year 8. Hi ...
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List Of Integrated Schools In Northern Ireland
Integrated schools are part of integrated education, an attempt to bring together children from both sides of the primary religious divide in Northern Ireland. They can be existing schools that have converted but remained controlled, or new schools that have proved theselves and are supported by being grant maintained. Secondary schools * Blackwater Integrated College, Downpatrick, (grant maintained), 2008 * Brownlow Integrated College, Craigavon, 1991 (Controlled) * Crumlin Integrated College, Crumlin (Controlled) 2006 * Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh, (grant maintained), 1995 * Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen,(grant maintained), 1994 * Fort Hill Integrated College, Lisburn, 1998 (Controlled) * Glengormley Intergrated College, Glengormley, 2022 * Hazelwood Integrated College, Belfast,(grant maintained), 1985 * Integrated College Dungannon, Dungannon,(grant maintained), 1995 * Lagan College, Belfast, (grant maintained), 1981 * Malone College, Belfast, (grant maint ...
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