IN A LANDMARK moment for education in Fermanagh the amalgamation of Portora Royal School and Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School has been approved.
REPORT: Portora Collegiate amalgamation approved by minister
The Fermanagh Herald understands the Education Minister John O’Dowd has backed the proposed amalgamation of Portora Royal School and Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School.
County’s A-level students celebrate success
School leavers across the county are celebrating after receiving their A-level results
Record 11 wins for Portora boat club at Athlone Regatta
Portora travelled to Athlone on Saturday to compete at their last full club regatta before the Irish Championships next month
Pleas to save Collegiate in vain as board approves merger plan
THE WESTERN EDUCATION BOARD has agreed a development proposal to amalgamate Portora Royal School and the Collegiate Grammar School. At the monthly education board meeting on Thursday in Omagh members unanimously agreed to back the proposal which would see the creation of a new voluntary co-educated grammar school. At the meeting deputations from the […]
Collegiate parents to make their case at education board meeting
REPRESENTATIVES from Portora, Collegiate and Devenish College will attend the monthly meeting of the Western Education and Library Board tomorrow (Thursday) to press their individual educational interests.
…but Portora principal insists parents have nothing to fear
Neil Morton insisted this week that the proposed amalgamation of Portora with the Collegiate Grammar School, if approved, will not mean a reduced intake.
Meteoric rise up league tables for Collegiate, Portora
THE principal of a school whose GCSE league table place jumped 36 places – up to number 11 in the North – has said ‘we are proud of our students every year’. Neil Morton, principal of Portora Royal in Enniskillen, saw his school climb to 11th from 47th in the most recent GCSE table, […]
‘There will be no replication’: principal confident for future
Portora principal Neil Morton has admitted he is disappointed at the ‘raw figures’ achieved at A-Level, by his school, however, said that ‘deeper analysis offered a lot to celebrate’.
Local grammar schools lagging behind rivals
Local grammar schools are lagging behind other schools across the North when it comes to ‘A’ level results, according to the latest league tables.