Banbridge Area Learning Community

(BALC)

The following school are involved in the community:

Banbridge Academy

Banbridge High School

Donard School

Dromore High School

New-Bridge Integrated College

Rathfriland High School

St Patrick’s College

Learning Communities exist to develop collaborative practice between member institutions in order to increase the number of subjects which students can choose to study at Key Stage 4 and Post 16 in line with the Department of Education’s initiative of the Entitlement Framework by which all post 14 students must have access to a minimum of subjects, one third of which must be academic and one third applied.

 Banbridge High School is involved in collaborative courses with Southern Regional College (SRC) and schools within BALC.

Programmes for 2011 - 2012