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Schools: Northern Ireland

Volume 684: debated on Thursday 6 July 2006

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many pupils will transfer from Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh City, for the next academic year, commencing in autumn 2006; and how many of them have selected each secondary or grammar school as their first preference.[HL6614]

There are 32 pupils transferring under the open enrolment arrangements from Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh City, to post-primary education in September 2006. A breakdown of the pupils’ first preference schools is set out below.

Armagh Integrated College

20

Integrated College, Dungannon

*

St Patrick's High School, Keady

*

St Catherine's College, Armagh

*

Royal School, Armagh

7

St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh

*

* Data relating to fewer than five pupils have been treated so as to meet the confidentiality guarantee listed in National Statistics Code of Practice (Protocol on Data Access and Confidentiality).

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What primary schools have been rebuilt by the Western Education and Library Board of Northern Ireland in the past five years; and, of these, how many were (a) controlled schools; and (b) maintained schools.[HL6641]

The Western Education and Library Board is responsible for the controlled schools estate. The information requested for controlled and maintained schools is set out below.

Details of primary school projects completed in the last five years in the Western Education and Library Board area

School name

Management type

Details of project

Completion date

Florencecourt Primary School

Controlled

New replacement school

May 2001

Gibson Primary School, Omagh

Controlled

New replacement school

September 2003

Edwards Primary School, Castlederg

Controlled

New replacement school

November 2004

Bready Primary School and Sandville Primary School, Strabane

Controlled

Amalgamation in a new replacement school

September 2004

Dervaghroy Primary School/Hutton Primary School/Sixmilecross Primary School

Controlled

Amalgamation in a new replacement school

January 2005

Maguiresbridge Primary School

Controlled

New replacement school

December 2005

St Mary's Primary School, Killyclogher

Maintained

New replacement school

July 2002

St Dympna's Primary School, Dromore

Maintained

January 2006

St Ninnidh’s Primary School, Derrylin

Maintained

New replacement school

July 2005

Details of primary school projects in the Western Education and Library Board area, for which capital funding has been announced and which are currently under construction or in planning

School name

Management type

Details of project

Estimated completion date

Kesh Primary School

Controlled

New replacement school

October 2006

Burnfoot Primary School/Dungiven Primary School/Largy Primary School

Controlled

Amalgamation in a new replacement school

September 2007

Killen Primary School, Castlederg

Controlled

New replacement school

June 2007

Lisbellaw Primary School

Controlled

New replacement school

October 2007

Lisnagelvin Primary School

Controlled

New replacement school

April 2008

St Eugene's Primary School, Londonderry

Maintained

Extension and refurbishment

February 2008

Coranny Primary School and Cornagague Primary School, Enniksillen

Maintained

Amalgamation in a new replacement school

August 2008

Columbkille's Primary School, Carrickmore

Maintained

New replacement school

November 2008

St Paul’s Primary School, Irvinestown

Maintained

New replacement school

March 2009

Omagh Integrated Primary School

Grant Maintained Integrated

New replacement school

June 2008

Enniskillen Integrated Primary School

Grant Maintained Integrated

New replacement school

July 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 21 June (WA 112) concerning St Joseph's High School in Plumbridge, County Tyrone, when the two-month period of consultation about its possible closure begins; and how many representations have been made to date.[HL6662]

The statutory two-month objection period began on 27 April 2006, the date of publication of the development proposal to allow for the closure of the school and ended on 28 June 2006. Twenty-two letters of objection have been received by the Department of Education as well as a petition in support of the retention of the school, with 3,166 signatures.