Lisneal College is a controlled secondary school located in

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. It is within the

Western Education and Library Board 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'' syste ...

area. At £12m, the school is the biggest investment in Derry's controlled sector in 40 years. Work started on the building of the state-of-the-art Lisneal College in June 2005 on a site on Crescent Link. It was established as a result of the amalgamation of Clondermot High School and Faughan Valley High School. The new building, which caters for nearly 1000 pupils and cost approximately £17.5 million, was opened in September 2007. It was officially opened on 29 May 2009 by

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

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* * Secondary schools in Derry (city) {{NorthernIreland-school-stub