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Oakgrove Integrated College
Address
Stradreagh, Gransha Park Derry, BT47 6TG Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°01′05″N 7°16′22″W / 55.018036°N 7.272705°W / 55.018036; -7.272705
Information
Type	Integrated secondary school
Established	1991
Local authority	WELB
Enrolment	940
Colour(s)	Navy, Maroon & Yellow
Website	http://www.oakgrovecollege.com

Oakgrove Integrated College is an integrated secondary school based in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Context

Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, 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.

History

The college, which was formed with the hope of integrating young people from both sides of Northern Ireland's religious divide, opened in September 1991. Marie Cowan was the principal when it opened in the old Housing Executive offices at Limavady Road. It then moved to an old red brick building at the Gransha Hospital in September 1992. A new purpose-built facility, built at a cost of £9.7 million, was completed in 2004.

See also

• List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
• List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland

References

1. Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
2. "The History of NICIE | Integrated Education Northern Ireland". www.nicie.org. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
3. "Celebrating 25 years at Oakgrove" (PDF). Integrated Education. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
4. "Building a moral framework to take into the wider world". Belfast Telegraph. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
5. ^ "Oakgrove Integrated College". Education Base. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
6. "Contracts awarded by Northern Ireland Departments". UK Parliament. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
7. "And the Walls Come Tumbling Down". Education Week. 6 August 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

External links

v t e Education in Northern Ireland
Administration	Departments Department of Education Department for the Economy Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Other government organisations Education Authority Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment Sector support organisations Controlled Schools' Support Council Council for Catholic Maintained Schools Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta
Institutions	Universities Queen's University Belfast University of Ulster Open University University colleges St Mary's University College Stranmillis University College Further education colleges Belfast Metropolitan College Northern Regional College North West Regional College Southern Regional College South Eastern Regional College South West College Agricultural college College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise Theological colleges Belfast Bible College Edgehill Theological College Irish Baptist College Union Theological College Whitefield College of the Bible Schools Irish medium primary Primary Irish medium secondary Secondary Grammar Integrated Nurseries Irish medium
See also Education in the United Kingdom England Scotland Wales Education in the Republic of Ireland

• Secondary schools in Derry (city)