Ulidia Integrated College is situated in
Carrickfergus
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,
Northern Ireland
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. It was opened in 1997 with an initial 63 students. It is the 44th integrated school to be created in the province and provides education for over 530
Catholic
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and
Protestant
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children.
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,
Lord Baker of Dorking
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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.
Under the ''Education Reform Order (NI), 1989'' a school wishing to obtain Grant Maintained Integrated status must convince the
Department of Education
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that it can draw a minimum of 30% of its population from the minority tradition of the area it wishes to serve.
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Mission statement
Educating together, Catholics and Protestants, and those of other religions, or none, in an atmosphere of tolerance and understanding, to the highest possible academic standards.
See also
* Carrickfergus Learning Community
*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 ...
*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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See also
* List of Irish medium nurseries in Northern Ireland
* List of Irish medium primary schools in Northern ...
References
External links
Ulidia Integrated College website
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Educational institutions established in 1997
Integrated schools in County Antrim
Secondary schools in County Antrim
Carrickfergus
1997 establishments in Northern Ireland