Blackwater Integrated College
| Blackwater Integrated College | |
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12 Old Belfast Road[1] ,, BT30 6SG | |
| Coordinates | 54°20′20″N 5°42′56″W / 54.3388°N 5.7156°W |
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| School type | Grant Maintained Integrated |
| Motto | Building, Inspiring, Caring |
| Established | 2008 |
| Status | Open |
| Local authority | Education Authority |
| Principal | Mr Stephen Taylor[2] |
| Staff | 52[2] |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrollment | 230 (approx.) |
| Capacity | 400 |
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| Website | www.blackwateric.org |
Blackwater Integrated College is an 11-16 secondary school on a restricted site with about 230 pupils though with the capacity for twice as many. Mr S Taylor is the school's current principal.[3]
History and future proposals
Blackwater Integrated College opened in September 2008. It was formed as a merger of Down Academy and Rowallane Integrated College. Down Academy had been formed when Killyleagh, Castlewellan, and Quoile High Schools amalgamated in 1991. Down Academy became a controlled integrated school in 1998.[4] The Blackwater site was chosen for its central location.[5]: 18
In 2019 Blackwater was one of 22 school with sustainability issues with too few pupils to remain financially viable.[6] The centre of school population is closer to Belfast, and additional capacity is needed to support students who failed to get a place at Lagan College.[5]: 26
A period of consultation on the school's future ended 3 June 2021. With the support of the college, a new integrated college with an admission number of 100 was planned to open on a different site Mid Down Integrated College on 1 September 2023 and Blackwater Integrated College will close on or shortly after 31 August 2023.[5] This was not met due to no site being allocated. A new date has not been proposed yet.
Academics
The school is small so a single child can distort the statistic.[7] It fares well in inspections, and its year 12 results were above average for two of the last three reported years.[5]: 21, 22
See also
- List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
- List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland
- Education in Northern Ireland
References
- ^ "Contact Us". Blackwater Integrated College. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Staff". Blackwater Integrated College. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Blackwater Integrated College [Downpatrick]". Education Authority Northern Ireland. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/insp/inspection_reports/2006_03/standard_inspection_down_academy_downpatrick.DOC
- ^ a b c d "Proposal 668 Blackwater" (PDF). www.eani.org.uk/. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "22 Northern Ireland schools could close because of 'sustainability issues'". belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Post-primary-inspection-blackwater-integrated-college-downpatrick-county-down-426-0309" (PDF). www.etini.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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