Brownlow Integrated College

Brownlow Integrated College
Address
Tullgally Road Craigavon , County Armagh , BT65 5BS Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.448°N 6.364°W / 54.448; -6.364
Information
Type	Controlled Integrated
Religious affiliation(s)	Integrated
Established	1973 (1973)
Status	Open
Local authority	Education Authority
Principal	Mr N. O'Hara
Staff	51
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Houses	Antrim Mourne Sperrin
Color(s)
Website	https://www.brownlowcollege.co.uk

Brownlow Integrated College is a controlled integrated school in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It 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. Mr N O'Hara is the school's current principal.

Brownlow has about 320 pupils as of 2018. It is not part of the Craigavon two-tier system. The year 8 intake in 2018 was 64.

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.

See also

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

• Education in Northern Ireland

References

Infobox sourced from Brownlow Integrated College website

External links

• Brownlow Integrated College Website
• NICIE website