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Brownlow Integrated College, Tullygally Road, Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland was founded in 1973 as Brownlow High School. In 1991, it became the first secondary school in Northern Ireland to transition from a state-controlled school to an integrated school. Mrs N Stevenson is the school's current principal.

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Brownlow has about 400 pupils. 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.

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References

  1. "Post-primary-inspection-Brownlow Integrated College Craigavon" (PDF). www.etini.gov.uk/. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007