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Limavady High School, a controlled school in the heart of the Roe Valley community and part of the Limavady Shared Education Campus recently celebrated their 63rd annual prize day. Mark Baker, Chief Executive, Controlled Schools’s Support Council joined the celebrations and congratulated all students on their achievements.

CSSC provides high quality professional support to controlled school leaders to raise standards and make an impact in their controlled schools. 13 controlled schools attended the first module of Building Capacity on 25 September held at Stranmillis College, Belfast.

CSSC welcomes the announcement from the Education Minister of the establishment of a taskforce to lead in the development of a managing authority to support the controlled schools’ sector. 

Congratulations to Carrickfergus Grammar School who were named as the Families First 2024 'School of the Year' for the Northern Region. The controlled school outperformed competition from 11 other deserving finalists in this region to win.

Construction of the Strule Shared Education Campus recently began in Omagh.

The campus brings together six schools from across the community, including secondary, grammar, and special school provision, accommodating over 4,000 children and young people from all backgrounds.

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CSSC is highlighting this opportunity to controlled schools to attend an online information session by Safeguarding Board NI.

As part of the lead-in to the opening of Causeway Academy, the staff teams of Coleraine College, Dunluce School and North Coast Integrated College had a shared development day on 27 August 2024 at Ulster University. The day was an opportunity for the staff teams to meet each other and to meet the Principal Designate, Ruth Harkness.

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) recognises the hard work of pupils across Northern Ireland as they receive their GCSE results today. 

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) acknowledges the hard work of pupils across Northern Ireland on A Level results day.

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) and Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) congratulate Ballycastle High School and Cross and Passion College on the official first sod cutting of their shared education campus in Ballycastle. The creation of this campus shows the strength of shared education collaboration between the two schools in guaranteeing that the children and young people of Ballycastle will continue to have the opportunity to join together in a shared future.