Integrated Education

The Integrated School provides a learning environment where children and young people from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds, as well as those of other faiths and none, can learn with, from and about each other.  The promotion of equality and good relations extends to everyone in the school and to their families regardless of their religions, cultures or social background.  Integrated education is value-driven and child-centred.  It is through a holistic approach with an empahasis on developing every aspect of a child's potential. 

The Key Principles of Integrated Education[1]

Equality

The integrated school promotes equality in sharing between and within the diverse groups that compose the school community. This occurs structurally at every level amongst pupils, staff and the board of governors, as well as culturally within the overt and hidden curricula of the school.

Faith & Values

The integrated school provides a Christian based rather than a secular approach. It aspires to create an environment where those of all faiths and none are respected, acknowledged and accepted as valued members of the school community

Parental Involvement

The support and commitment of parents is a fundamental element of Integrated Education and historically, parents have been central to the development of integrated schools.

Social Responsibility

The integrated school delivers the curriculum on an all-ability and inclusive basis to all of its pupils. It respects the uniqueness of every pupil and acknowledges his/her entitlement to personal, social, intellectual and spiritual development in the attainment of individual potential

 

[1] Statement of Principles – available at 

https://www.nicie.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Statement-of-Principles.pdf