Grant-maintained integrated school in Northern Ireland
| Strangford College | |
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| Address | |
| Abbey Road Carrowdore, Newtownards County Down BT22 2GB Northern Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 54°34′47″N 5°33′11″W / 54.5796°N 5.5531°W / 54.5796; -5.5531 |
| Information | |
| Other name | Strangford Integrated College |
| Type | Grant-Maintained Integrated |
| Motto | In hoc signo vinces (Under the sign we are strong) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Integrated |
| Established | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) |
| Status | Open |
| Local authority | Education Authority |
| Principal | Mrs Clare Foster |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 883 (2023/24) |
| Capacity | 760 |
| Houses | Mahee House Ogliby House Sketrick House Taggart House |
| Colour(s) | Sixth Form |
| Website | www |
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Strangford College, also known as Strangford Integrated College, is a school in Carrowdore, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is an integrated co-educational secondary school with a grammar stream for 800 pupils. Mrs Clare Foster is the school's current principal.
Context
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, either Catholic or Protestant. On parental request, a school could apply to 'transition' to become grant-maintained and offer 30% of the school places to students from the minority community. Lagan College was the first integrated school to open in 1981.
As of 2024, students at Strangford College were 40% Protestant, 19% Roman Catholic and 41% other.
History
Strangford College opened 1 September 1997, with 64 students and 7 staff. It was awarded grant-maintained status in September 1999.
A new build was approved by the Department of Education in April 2016 and a contractor appointed in 2021.
In 2021, the college applied to raise its official enrolment number from 670 to 760; the minister at first refused the request, but on appeal, reversed his decision. This allows the college to accept 130 year 8 students a year.
The college applied unsuccessfully in 2019 to use transfer tests to select the 35% of pupils it admits to the grammar stream in Year 8. It reapplied in January 2022.
See also
- Education in Northern Ireland
- List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
- List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland
References
- "Proposal 622 Strangford Integrated College expansion" (PDF). www.eani.org.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
- "The History of NICIE | Integrated Education Northern Ireland". Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- "History and Ethos". Strangford College. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- "New Build Consultation Boards" (PDF). storage.googleapis.com/siteassetsswd/399/. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Doyle, Simon (6 February 2021). "Heavily oversubscribed Strangford Integrated College loses bid for extra places". The Irish News. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- "Strangford Integrated College – Minister Retakes His Decision". Integrated Education Fund. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- Meredith, Robbie (10 July 2019). "Strangford Integrated College 'cannot use academic selection'". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- "Strangford College makes another bid to use transfer test results". BBC News. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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