Carryduff Primary School

HC Deb 20 May 1999 vol 331 cc407-8W

Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans she has to grant Carryduff Primary School integrated status; and if she will make a statement. [84570]

Mr. McFall

The Department of Education is aware of local interest in the establishment of an integrated primary school in the Carryduff area, but I understand that developments are at a very early stage. The transformation of Carryduff Primary School to controlled integrated status is a matter for the school's Board of Governors and the South Eastern Education and Library Board to consider in the first instance. If the school decides to seek integrated status this would involve a ballot of parents and the publication of a statutory development proposal by the Education and Library Board.