| Fort Hill Integrated College | |
| Coordinates: | 54.5153°N -6.0314°W |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
| Streetaddress: | Belfast Road, Lisburn |
| City: | Lisburn |
| Country: | Northern Ireland |
| Website: | forthillcollege.co.uk |
| School Number: | 4250072 |
| Principal: | Colin Millar |
| Type: | Controlled integrated |
| Grades: | 8-14 |
| Area: | Lisburn |
| Colors: | Navy and Green |
| Established: | 1958 |
Fort Hill Integrated College is an Integrated College in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, located on the Belfast Road. The principal of the school is Mr. Colin Millar.[1] The school crest depicts keys representing opening the doors of knowledge: academic, personal, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual.[2]
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[3] 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. A small number of existing controlled schools have had their status changed by the local authority becoming 'controlled integrated schools'.[4]
The School's Ethos is a list of its values that spell H.E.A.R.T., which stands for:Honesty, Effort, Attitude, Respect, Tolerance.The 2 keys in the School Crest represent opening the doors of knowledge; Academic, Personal, Social, Cultural, Emotional and Spiritual.[5]
The school opened as a girls' high school in 1958, later it became mixed and was re-designated as an integrated school.[6] They work collaborative on 'Shared Education' projects with St Colm's High School[7]
In 2017, a school nurse, Eileen McConnell, was the runner-up in the British Heart Foundation Professional Award 2017.[8] Currently, CPR training is being given to staff and pupils of the school to establish an education on how to save someone's life through CPR.