Castlerock: Ballyhackett Primary School loses integration bid

The education minister has turned down a bid by a small Catholic primary school to transform into an integrated school. Instead, Peter Weir has decided Ballyhackett Primary School in Castlerock will close in August 2021. Documents published by the department showed the number of pupils at the school had fallen to 31 in 2020/21. As a result, Mr Weir has decided the school does not have "sustainable numbers for the future".
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