Integrated College Dungannon
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| Integrated College Dungannon | |
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Gortmerron Link Road , , BT71 6LS Northern Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 54°29′39″N 6°45′10″W / 54.4942°N 6.7528°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Grant Maintained Integrated secondary |
| Motto | Learning Together |
| Established | September 1995 |
| Local authority | SELB |
| Principal | Andrew Sleeth [1] |
| Staff | 78 |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 640 [1] |
| Colours | Green, Red and Yellow |
| Publication | Public School |
| Website | http://www.intcollege.co.uk/ |
Integrated College Dungannon (ICD) is an integrated secondary school situated in Dungannon, County Tyrone and is attended by students from ages 11–18. It is an all-ability College including grammar entry.[1] It has been open since 1995.
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[2] 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.[3]
History
Many pupils transferred from the Armagh Integrated College when it closed in 2009.
Site
The college has been enhanced with a new £2.3m sports hall. It was designed by Mc Adam Design architects and delivered by Woodvale Construction. The site has an accredited 3G pitch.[4]
Notable former pupil
- Colin Morgan, film, television, theatre and radio actor
