Malone College, Belfast Explained

Malone College
Coordinates:54.5668°N -5.9803°W
Established:1998
Type:Grant maintained Integrated secondary school[1]
Head Label:Principal
Head:Katrina Moore[2]
Address:Finaghy Road North
Postcode:BT10 0JB
Enrolment:650 (approx.)
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:19
Colours:Blue & green
Website:http://www.malonecollege.org.uk/

Malone Integrated College is a grant maintained, integrated, co-educational,[3] multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious secondary school, situated in Finaghy, South-West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Background

Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[4] 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. Malone College opened in 1998.[5]

Site

The school is made up of multiple single-storied buildings on one campus. The site includes a new and modernised Sports Hall and Gym along with a 3G pitch which is shared with the nearby primary school, Cranmore Integrated Primary School which is lies on the same premises.[6]

School meals hygiene

Malone College was rated a one from the Food Standards Agency on their previous inspection, based on their rating scale of zero being the worst possible hygiene and five being the best possible hygiene, on 2 February 2018.[7] [8] It has been cited in their report that the school required major improvement in management of food safety and some improvements required in facility cleanliness.

The school has since been reinspected in January 2019 and has been rated a five by the FSA, indicating very good standards on hygienic food handling, cleanliness and management of food safety.[9]

=Seamus Leonard 1997-2008Gerard Price2008-2013=Headteachers

See also

References

  1. News: Integrated schools Department of Education. 2015-08-17. Education. 2018-04-24. en.
  2. Web site: About Malone Integrated College. Malone Integrated College. 2018-04-24.
  3. Web site: Malone College ETI follow up inspection report. Education and Training Inspectorate.
  4. [Lord Baker of Dorking]
  5. Web site: The History of NICIE Integrated Education Northern Ireland . www.nicie.org . 18 June 2021 . 2012-08-10.
  6. Web site: Malone Integrated College, Belfast . NI Builder . NI Builder Magazine . 21 June 2021 . 2019-12-14.
  7. Web site: Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College. Agency. Food Standards. ratings.food.gov.uk. en-GB. https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074103/http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/58640/Malone-College-45-Finaghy-Road-North. 24 December 2018. dead. 2018-12-23.
  8. News: Belfast school's food hygiene shame - rating among worst in Northern Ireland. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2018-12-23. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  9. Web site: Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College. Agency. Food Standards. ratings.food.gov.uk. en-GB. 2019-03-05.
  10. News: Meredith . Robbie . Belfast principal Thompson wins headteacheir of the year . 21 June 2021 . BBC News . 2017-10-23.

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