Brownlow Integrated College is a controlled integrated school in
Craigavon
Craigavon ( ) is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. It was intended to be the heart of ...
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County Armagh
County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
. It was founded in 1973 as Brownlow High School. In 1991, it became the first secondary school in Northern Ireland to transition from a state-controlled school to an integrated school. Mr N O'Hara is the school's current principal.
Brownlow has about 320 pupils as of 2018. It is not part of the Craigavon two-tier system. The year 8 intake in 2018 was 64.
Context
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 ...
is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,
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retrieved 22 July 2007 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
Lagan College is a grant maintained integrated secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It holds a total of around 1475 students (as of 2024) It was formed in 1981 as the first integrated school in Northern Ireland and contains students o ...
was the first integrated school to open in 1981.
As of 2024, students at Brownlow Integrated College were 23% Protestant, 43% Roman Catholic and 34% other.
See also
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List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
Integrated schools are part of integrated education within Northern Ireland, aimed at bringing children together from both sides of the main religious communities through education.
Integrated schools can be Controlled Integrated or Grant Mainta ...
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List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland
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Education in Northern Ireland
The education system in Northern Ireland differs from 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 (Ireland), nat ...
References
Infobox sourced fro
Brownlow Integrated College websiteh1>
External links
Brownlow Integrated College WebsiteNICIE website
Integrated schools in County Armagh
Secondary schools in County Armagh
Craigavon
Educational institutions established in 1973
1973 establishments in Northern Ireland
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