AQW 9148/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education how many schools have (i) transformed to integrated status; and (ii) expressed an interest transforming to integrated status, in the last year.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 19 March 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 19 March 2024
- Answer due by
- 5 April 2024
- Answered
- 26 March 20247 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Last year there was one school which transformed to integrated status. Development Proposal (DP) 690 – which proposed that “Sion Mills Primary School will transform to Controlled Integrated Status, with effect from 1 September 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter” was approved on 11 September 2023 and officially transformed to integrated status on the 1 January 2024.
The table below details a number of development proposals currently with the Department for transformation to integrated status.
| DP number | School name | DENI Ref | Management type | Reason for DP | Phase |
| 704 | Magherafelt NS | 3116177 | Controlled | Transformation | Nursery |
| 718 | Lurgan Model PS | 5010992 | Controlled | Transformation | Primary |
| 716 | St Eugene's PS, Victoria Bridge | 2032682 | Catholic Maintained | Transformation | Primary |
| 717 | St Eugene's PS, Tircur | 2032688 | Catholic Maintained | Transformation | Primary |
| 719 | Cairnshill PS | 4013024 | Controlled | Transformation | Primary |
| 727 | Bangor Academy & Sixth Form College | 4210296 | Controlled | Transformation | Post Primary |
| 728 | Rathmore PS | 4016067 | Controlled | Transformation | Primary |
Figures from the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) show that a further 25 schools that have expressed an interest to transform to integrated status within the last year.