Almost 30 schools are set to disappear in a radical shake-up of Catholic post-primary education.
In a report published last Monday, the Northern Ireland Commission for Catholic Education (NICCE) provided detailed recommendations for the future of schools in the sector.
Every single Catholic post-primary school has been included in the review, which could see five closures and a further 23 schools disappear through mergers and amalgamations.
Crippling budget cuts and falling pupil numbers prompted the review, which began in 2010.
A comprehensive list of how the recommendations will affect schools is below:
DOWN AND CONNOR DIOCESE
Ballymoney, Coleraine, Portstewart
Dominican College Portstewart, Loreto College Coleraine, Our Lady of Lourdes High School Ballymoney, St Joseph’s College Coleraine will be reduced to two schools, one in Coleraine and one in Portstewart.
Propsals to keep a secondary school in Ballymoney will be monitored.
Co Antrim
Cross and Passion College, Ballycastle and St Killians’ College, Carnlough will remain unchanged, while St Benedict’s College Randalstown, St Louis Grammar Ballymena and St Patrick’s College Ballymena will form a partnership leading to one school but with provision in each town.
Co Down
St Malachy’s High School Castlewellan, remains unchanged.
St Columban’s College Kilkeel and St Louis Grammar Kilkeel will merge into one school.
De La Salle High School Downpatrick (boys), St Mary’s High School Downpatrick (girls), and St Patrick’s Grammar Downpatrick will form a partnership, while Assumption Grammar, Ballynahinch (girls) and St Colman’s High School Ballynahinch, will collaborate.
St Colmcille’s High School Crossgar will be “monitored” and St Columba’s College Portaferry, “reviewed”.
Greater Belfast area
St Gemma’s High School (girls) to close.
Dominican College (girls), Edmund Rice College, Glengormley (boys), Little Flower Girls School (girls), Our Lady of Mercy (girls), St Malachy’s College (boys), St Patrick’s College (boys) to become just four schools, with at least two co-educational.
Christian Brothers School (boys) and St Mary’s Christian Brothers Grammar (boys) will become one school.
St Dominic’s Grammar (girls) and St Rose’s Dominican College (girls) will form a campus but remain separate schools.
The partnership between De La Salle College (boys) and St Genevieve’s High School (girls) will be extended to include St Colm’s High School.
A collaborative partnership to be explored between Rathmore Grammar and St Patrick’s Academy Lisburn.
Corpus Christi College (boys) is to be kept under review.
St Louise’s Comprehensive College (girls) could become co-educational.
A busness case will look into the need for a new co-educational school to serve the Glenavy, Crumlin and Lisburn areas.
Aquinas Grammar and St Joseph’s College will form one campus, with enhanced curricular collaboration with Our Lady and St Patrick’s College to be exlpored.
A business case to support the continued development of St Columbanus College, Bangor, as a viable and sustainable school will be completed by June.
DROMORE DIOCESE
Greater Newry and district
St Mark’s High School, Warrenpoint and St. Patrick’s College, Banbridge will remain unchanged.
Abbey Grammar School, Newry (boys), Our Lady’s Grammar School, Newry (girls), St Colman’s College, Newry (boys) St Joseph’s High School, Newry (boys) St Mary’s High School, Newry (girls) and Sacred Heart Grammar School, Newry (girls) will be subject to an “intense review” over the next two years.
Lurgan and Lismore
Lismore Comprehensive School, Craigavon remains unchanged.
St Mary’s High School, Lurgan (girls), St Michael’s Grammar School, Lurgan and St Paul’s Junior High School, Lurgan (boys) will merge, to be based at the current St Michael’s site.
ARMAGH DIOCESE
Ballygawley
St Ciaran’s College, Ballygawley will continue.
Greater Armagh city and district
Drumcree College, Portadown to close.
St Patrick’s High School, Keady to remain unchanged.
St Brigid’s High School, Armagh (boys), St Catherine’s College, Armagh (girls) and St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh (boys) to become two single-sex schools, with the possibility of co-educational schooling to be introduced in the future.
Greater Dungannon area
Holy Trinity College, Cookstown remains unchanged.
St Joseph’s College, Coalisland and St Joseph’s Grammar School, Donaghmore also continue but could later form a partnership.
St Patrick’s Academy Grammar School, Dungannon and St Patrick’s College, Dungannon will develop a shared campus while retaining the identity and status of each.
Magherafelt
St Mary’s Grammar School and St Pius X College to form a single school using both sites.
South Armagh
Both St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook and St Joseph’s High School, Crossmaglen will remain largley unchanged, although st Joseph’s will get a new building.
CLOGHER DIOCESE
Clogher
St Mary’s High School, Brollagh to close.
St Aidan’s High School, Derrylin, St Comhghall’s College, Lisnaskea and St Eugene’s College, Rosslea will amalgamate, with possible provision on more than one site.
Mount Lourdes Grammar School, Enniskillen (girls), St Fanchea’s College, Enniskillen (girls), St Joseph’s College, Enniskillen (boys) and St Michael’s College, Enniskillen (boys) will become two single-sex schools. This may become three in the future.
St Mary’s College, Irvinestown will be subject to a feasibility study.
DERRY DIOCESE
Derry city
St Peter’s High School (boys) to close.
A vision for a partnership of the remaining schools - Immaculate Conception College, Lumen Christi College, St Brigid’s College, St Cecilia’s College (girls), St Columb’s College (boys), St Joseph’s Boys School (boys), St Mary’s College (girls) and Thornhill College (girls) - will be developed.
North Derry
A formal collaboration of two schools, one in Limavady and another at a site still to be determined will replace St Mary’s High School, Limavady
St Patrick’s College, Dungiven and St Patrick’s and St. Brigid’s College, Claudy.
South Derry
St Paul’s College, Kilrea and St Mary’s College, Clady will merge to become one school.
St Colm’s High School, Draperstown and St Patrick’s College, Maghera remain unchanged.
West Tyrone
St. Eugene’s High School Castlederg to close.
Christian Brothers’ Grammar School Omagh (boys), Dean Maguirc College Carrickmore, Loreto Grammar School Omagh (girls), Holy Cross College Strabane, Sacred Heart College Omagh and St. John’s Business and Enterprise College Dromore will be subject to future planning, which will place post-primary school provision in Omagh, Strabane and Carrickmore.
Any alternative models will take into account the proposal for an Educational Campus in Lisanelly.