Oakgrove Integrated College | |
Coordinates: | 55.018°N -7.2727°W |
Established: | 1991 |
Type: | Integrated secondary school |
Address: | Stradreagh, Gransha Park |
City: | Derry |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Postcode: | BT47 6TG |
Local Authority: | WELB |
Enrolment: | 940 |
Colours: | Navy, Maroon & Yellow |
Website: | http://www.oakgrovecollege.com |
Oakgrove Integrated College is an integrated secondary school based in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] Marie Cowan was the principal when it opened[4] in the old Housing Executive offices at Limavady Road.[5] It then moved to an old red brick building at the Gransha Hospital in September 1992.[5] A new purpose-built facility, built at a cost of £9.7 million,[6] was completed in 2004.[7]