Malone College, Belfast

School in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Malone College

Address

Finaghy Road North

Belfast

County Antrim

BT12 7BD

Northern Ireland

Coordinates| 54°34′00″N 5°58′49″W﻿ / ﻿54.5667649°N 5.98032119°W﻿ / 54.5667649; -5.98032119
Information
Type| Grant Maintained Integrated[1]
Motto| Learning for Life Together
Religious affiliation(s)| Integrated
Established| 1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Status| Open
Local authority| Education Authority
Principal| Mr Laurence Wheelan[2]
Gender| Co-educational
Age| 11 to 18
Enrolment| 783
Capacity| 800
Colour(s)|
Website| www.malonecollege.org.uk

Malone Integrated College is a grant maintained, integrated, co-educational,[3] multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-religious secondary school, situated in Finaghy, South-West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

## Background

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Integrated Education is a Northern Ireland phenomenon, where traditionally schools were sectarian,[4] either run as Catholic schools or Protestant schools. On as parental request, a school could apply to 'transition' to become Grant Maintained offering 30% of the school places to students from the minority community. Lagan College was the first integrated school to open in 1981. Malone College opened in 1998.[5]

As of 2023, students at Malone College were 39% Protestant, 30% Roman Catholic and 31% other.

## Site

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The school is made up of multiple single-storied buildings on one campus. The site includes a new and modernised Sports Hall and Gym along with a 3G pitch which is shared with the nearby primary school, Cranmore Integrated Primary School which is lies on the same premises.[6]

## School meals hygiene

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Malone College was rated a one from the Food Standards Agency on their previous inspection, based on their rating scale of zero being the worst possible hygiene and five being the best possible hygiene, on 2 February 2018.[7][8] It has been cited in their report that the school required major improvement in management of food safety and some improvements required in facility cleanliness.[7]

The school has since been reinspected in January 2019 and has been rated a five by the FSA, indicating very good standards on hygienic food handling, cleanliness and management of food safety.[9]

## Headteachers

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* Seamus Leonard 1997-2008
* Gerard Price 2008-2013
* Marie Thompson - 2013-2017[10]
* Katrina Moore - 2017–2025

## See also

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* List of integrated schools in Northern Ireland
* List of secondary schools in Northern Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "Integrated schools | Department of Education". Education. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
2. ^ "About Malone Integrated College". Malone Integrated College. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
3. ^ "Malone College ETI follow up inspection report" (PDF). Education and Training Inspectorate.
4. ^ Lord Baker of Dorking, Daily Hansard, 18 July 2006 : Column 1189 www.parliament.uk, retrieved 22 July 2007
5. ^ "The History of NICIE | Integrated Education Northern Ireland". www.nicie.org. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
6. ^ "Malone Integrated College, Belfast". NI Builder. NI Builder Magazine. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
7. ^ a b Agency, Food Standards. "Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College". ratings.food.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
8. ^ "Belfast school's food hygiene shame - rating among worst in Northern Ireland". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
9. ^ Agency, Food Standards. "Check out the food hygiene rating for Malone College". ratings.food.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
10. ^ Meredith, Robbie (23 October 2017). "Belfast principal Thompson wins headteacheir of the year". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

## External links

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* Official web site

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