Drumragh Integrated College

Drumragh Integrated College is an integrated mixed-religion, non-selective secondary school for girls and boys aged from 11 to 18, located at 70 Crevenagh Road, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Drumragh Integrated College
Location
Coordinates54.587°N 7.274°W / 54.587; -7.274

Context

Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenum, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[1] either run as Catholic schools or Protestant schools. On a 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.

Description

The school had 580 pupils in 2018, with approval to expand to 645 pupils[2] and is within the Western Education and Library Board area. Although mixed-religion, Drumragh College teaches with a Christian ethos. Drumragh College received funding of 20 million pounds for new school facilities in 2001 while it was located at the side of the old Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital. The new modern school started construction in 2007 and was finished in 2009. A plan to expand the school's size Area for more pupils to attend the school was proposed in September 2012 but it was refused by the Minister Of Education.

Staff

Drumragh Integrated College's previous principal was Nigel Frith, who is yet to be replaced.[3] Preceding him were Maria Gillespie (acting principal), Lady Rosemary Salisbury and Dr. Kathleen Hynes (the first principal of the school). Mr. I. Booth is the Chairman of the school's Board of Governors.

Notable former pupils

Janet Devlin: song artist who came 5th in the X-factor in 2011.[4]

See also

References
  1. Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
  2. Doyle, Simon (21 February 2018). "Expansion of integrated college welcomed". The Irish News. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. "Drumragh College principal stepping down". 4 December 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. "Singer Janet Devlin, 16, Wows 'X Factor' Judges". International Business Times UK. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2019.


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