To increase admissions and enrolment numbers with effect from September 2018, or as soon as possible thereafter. The criteria for admissions to the school will be bilateral*.
(*The proposed new criteria will ensure that children from the local area of Lower and Upper Mourne will access the school through non-academic criteria, while up to 40% of year 8 admissions will be available to children from the wider region by means of academic selection.)
This proposal is also linked to and dependent upon Development Proposal No.533