Brownlow Integrated College
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Brownlow has about 320 pupils as of 2018. It is not part of the Craigavon two-tier system. The year 8 intake in 2018 was 64.[1]
Context
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.
As of 2024, students at Brownlow Integrated College were 23% Protestant, 43% Roman Catholic and 34% other.
See also
References
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- ↑ Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007