A plan for the 600-pupil school in the Saintfield and Crossgar area has been approved.
Carl Frampton was among those who backed the plans for the new schoolA new integrated post-primary school is to open in County Down, following a decision by the Department of Education's permanent secretary.
A location for the school has not been identified yet, other than it will be close to the main A7 road "from Carryduff to Crossgar".in Northern Ireland.Co-chair of the Mid-Down Integrated College steering group, Tim Jackson, said he was "absolutely thrilled" by Dr Browne's decision.
"A lot of the data we gathered showed that there was a huge demand in the area stretching between Downpatrick and Lagan."The Department of Education has to proactively "support" integrated education after the passing of aIt means that DE has to increase integrated school places and set targets for the number of children being educated in them.
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