St Cecilia's College
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St Cecilia's College is a secondary school
located in Derry
, Northern Ireland
. It is a Catholic
-maintained girls school with an enrolment of 947 pupils aged 11–18 and is located in the Northland Road area of Derry. It has 60 teaching staff. The college has decanted to the Northland Road to facilitate the construction of a new building which opened for the start of term in September 2010. It is within the Western Education and Library Board area.
In March 2001 a programme for the extension and refurbishment of the College was announced under Public-private partnership
arrangements. In March 2006 it was announced that the College would be granted specialist status from September 2006. As a specialist school
it will receive £100 per pupil for the four years of designation and a £100,000 capital grant to support development of the specialism.
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
located in Derry
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It is a Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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-maintained girls school with an enrolment of 947 pupils aged 11–18 and is located in the Northland Road area of Derry. It has 60 teaching staff. The college has decanted to the Northland Road to facilitate the construction of a new building which opened for the start of term in September 2010. It is within the Western Education and Library Board area.
In March 2001 a programme for the extension and refurbishment of the College was announced under Public-private partnership
Public-private partnership
Public–private partnership describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies...
arrangements. In March 2006 it was announced that the College would be granted specialist status from September 2006. As a specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
it will receive £100 per pupil for the four years of designation and a £100,000 capital grant to support development of the specialism.