Malone Integrated College is a
grant maintained, integrated, co-educational,
multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious secondary school, situated in
Finaghy, South-West
Belfast
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Northern Ireland
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Background
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. Malone College opened in 1998.
Site
The school is made up of multiple single-storied buildings on one campus. The site includes a new and modernised Sports Hall and Gym along with a 3G pitch which is shared with the nearby primary school, Cranmore Integrated Primary School which is lies on the same premises.
School meals hygiene
Malone College was rated a one from the
Food Standards Agency
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on their previous inspection, based on their rating scale of zero being the worst possible hygiene and five being the best possible hygiene, on 2 February 2018.
It has been cited in their report that the school required major improvement in management of food safety and some improvements required in facility cleanliness.
The school has since been reinspected in January 2019 and has been rated a five by the FSA, indicating very good standards on hygienic food handling, cleanliness and management of food safety.
Headteachers
*Marie Thompson - 2013-2017
*Katrina Moore - 2017–Present
See also
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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 schoo ...
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List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland
This is a list of secondary schools in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
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References
External links
Official web site
Integrated schools in Belfast
Secondary schools in Belfast
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