Integrated schools

An integrated school is a school which contains a reasonable number of puils from both the Protestant and the Catholic communities.

There are at present 56 grant-aided integrated schools in Northern Ireland (with a total enrolment of over 17,000 pupils – over 5 percent of total pupils), made up of 37 grant-maintained integrated schools and 19 controlled integrated schools.

List of all integrated schools

In addition to this there are two independent integrated schools - Clougher Valley IPS and Rowallane IC.  Clougher Valley IPS recently received ministerial approval for recurrent funding and will open as a grant-aided integrated school from September 2007.

In December 2006 the Minister also approved a development proposal for the establishment of Rowandale Integrated Primary School in the Moira area from September 2007 and the transformation of Tyrella Primary School to Controlled integrated status.

In September 2007 both Ballycastle Primary School and Crumlin High School will officially transform to Controlled integrated status.

How to establish an integrated school