Oakgrove Integrated College
Grant maintained integrated school in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oakgrove Integrated College is a grant maintained integrated secondary school in Derry, Northern Ireland.
| Oakgrove Integrated College | |
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| Address | |
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Stradreagh Gransha Park , , BT47 6TG | |
| Coordinates | 55.018036°N 7.272705°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Grant Maintained Integrated |
| Motto | Achieve, Learn, Believe Together |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Integrated |
| Established | 1991 |
| Status | Open |
| Local authority | Education Authority |
| Principal | Mr John Harkin |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | 590 |
| Capacity | 800 |
| Colour(s) | |
| Website | www |
Context
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[1] 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.[2]
As of 2024, students at Oakgrove were 15% Protestant, 68% Roman Catholic and 17% other.
History
The college, which was formed with the hope of integrating young people from both sides of Northern Ireland's religious divide, opened in September 1991. Marie Cowan was the principal when it opened[3] in the old Housing Executive offices at Limavady Road.[4] It then moved to an old red brick building at the Gransha Hospital in September 1992.[4] A new purpose-built facility, built at a cost of £9.7 million,[5] was completed in 2004.[6]
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