Malone College, Belfast

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Malone College
Malone Integrated College crest.png
Address
Malone College, Belfast
Finaghy Road North

Belfast
,
County Antrim
,
BT10 0JB

Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°34′00″N5°58′49″W / 54.5667649°N 5.98032119°W / 54.5667649; -5.98032119
Information
Type Grant Maintained Integrated [1]
MottoLearning for Life Together
Religious affiliation(s) Integrated
Established1998;27 years ago (1998)
StatusOpen
Local authority Education Authority
PrincipalMrs Katrina Moore [2]
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 18
Enrolment783
Capacity800
Colour(s)  
Website www.malonecollege.org.uk

Malone Integrated College is a grant maintained, integrated, co-educational, [3] multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious secondary school, situated in Finaghy, South-West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Background

Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, [4] 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. Malone College opened in 1998. [5]

As of 2023, students at Malone College were 39% Protestant, 30% Roman Catholic and 31% other.

Site

The school is made up of multiple single-storied buildings on one campus. The site includes a new and modernised Sports Hall and Gym along with a 3G pitch which is shared with the nearby primary school, Cranmore Integrated Primary School which is lies on the same premises. [6]

School meals hygiene

Malone College was rated a one from the Food Standards Agency on their previous inspection, based on their rating scale of zero being the worst possible hygiene and five being the best possible hygiene, on 2 February 2018. [7] [8] It has been cited in their report that the school required major improvement in management of food safety and some improvements required in facility cleanliness. [7]

The school has since been reinspected in January 2019 and has been rated a five by the FSA, indicating very good standards on hygienic food handling, cleanliness and management of food safety. [9]

Headteachers

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Integrated schools | Department of Education". Education. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "About Malone Integrated College". Malone Integrated College. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Malone College ETI follow up inspection report" (PDF). Education and Training Inspectorate.
  4. ↑ Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
  5. ↑ "The History of NICIE | Integrated Education Northern Ireland". www.nicie.org. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Malone Integrated College, Belfast". NI Builder. NI Builder Magazine. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. 1 2 Agency, Food Standards. "Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College". ratings.food.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Belfast school's food hygiene shame - rating among worst in Northern Ireland". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  9. ↑ Agency, Food Standards. "Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College". ratings.food.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Meredith, Robbie (23 October 2017). "Belfast principal Thompson wins headteacheir of the year". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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