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Lagan College was the first integrated school to open in 1981. Under the delegated Northern Ireland education system, the year groups are numbered differently to their English cousins. In England the first year is Reception, then comes Year 1, in Northern Ireland, reception is Year 1, and 11 year-olds transition to post-primary (secondary) into ...
It is responsible for designing, developing, and administering examinations and qualifications, as well as overseeing the assessment and certification of students in Northern Ireland. CCEA advises the Department of Education on matters related to the curriculum, assessment, examinations, and external qualifications, as well as accrediting and ...
The Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 introduced a school system which included a government-run eleven-plus post-primary transfer test as an entrance exam for grammar schools; this had previously been introduced in England and Wales in 1944. The test, a form of academic selection, was retained in Northern Ireland whereas England and Wales ...
[1]: 21 Consequently, a group of parents founded Lagan College, a new type of non-sectarian school in September 1981. [ 2 ] By 1987, there were seven newly established integrated schools, and Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) was formed as a charitable organisation to co-ordinate efforts to develop integrated education ...
The college is a member of the Foyle Learning Community which links twelve post-primary providers in the area allowing access for post-16 students to a range of subjects in addition to those taught on site. In the 2017 Sunday Times Parent Power survey of UK schools, the college was ranked first in Northern Ireland and 22nd in the UK. [1]
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian, [1] either run as Catholic schools or Protestant schools ().On a parental request, a school could apply to 'transition' to become Grant Maintained (Integrated school)which would offer 30% of the school places to students from the minority community.
In 2023 the college was recorded as being the 3rd best post-primary school in The Sunday Times. [6] In 2018, it had been ranked joint first in Northern Ireland for its GCSE performance with 100% of its entrants receiving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and maths. [7]