Strangford Integrated College plans to select 35% of pupils using transfer tests.
Strangford Integrated College is an all-ability post-primary school and has been open since 1997
Strangford Integrated College is an all-ability post-primary school in Carrowdore which opened in 1997 and has about 870 pupils. According to Department of Education statistics, about 40% of its pupils are from a Protestant background, 20% from a Catholic background and the remainder from other backgrounds.Strangford Integrated College's governors had argued that there was demand from parents in the area for a "grammar pathway in an integrated setting" and said that the school was regularly over-subscribed.
They also said that other integrated post-primaries, Lagan College in Belfast and Slemish College in Ballymena, selected 35% of new pupils using transfer tests.
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