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Grant maintained integrated school in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
Blackwater Integrated College
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Address
12 Old Belfast Road
Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6SG
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°20′20″N 5°42′56″W / 54.3388°N 5.7156°W / 54.3388; -5.7156
Information
School typeGrant Maintained Integrated
MottoBuilding, Inspiring, Caring
Established2008; 16 years ago (2008)
StatusOpen
Local authorityEducation Authority
PrincipalMr Stephen Taylor
Staff52
GenderCo-Educational
Age11 to 16
Enrollment230 (approx.)
Capacity400
Colour(s)   
Websitewww.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.

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. The Blackwater site was chosen for its central location.

In 2019 Blackwater was one of 22 school with sustainability issues with too few pupils to remain financially viable. 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.

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. 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. It fares well in inspections, and its year 12 results were above average for two of the last three reported years.

See also

References

  1. "Contact Us". Blackwater Integrated College. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Staff". Blackwater Integrated College. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. "Blackwater Integrated College [Downpatrick]". Education Authority Northern Ireland. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. http://apps.education-ni.gov.uk/insp/inspection_reports/2006_03/standard_inspection_down_academy_downpatrick.DOC
  5. ^ "Proposal 668 Blackwater" (PDF). www.eani.org.uk/. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. "22 Northern Ireland schools could close because of 'sustainability issues'". belfasttelegraph. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. "Post-primary-inspection-blackwater-integrated-college-downpatrick-county-down-426-0309" (PDF). www.etini.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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