What is Integrated Education?

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Integrated Education brings children and staff from Catholic and Protestant traditions, as well as those of other beliefs, cultures and communities together in one school. Integrated Schools ensure that children from Protestant and Catholic religious and/or cultural backgrounds, as well as others who identify differently are educated together every day in the same classrooms. 

 

Integrated education is value-driven and child-centred. It is delivered through a holistic approach with an emphasis on developing every aspect of a child’s or young person’s potential.

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It is important to note that Integrated Schools are essentially Christian in character but proactively strive to ensure everyone’s tradition is respected and included. Empowering adults, children and young people as thinking individuals is a priority for us at Cedar Integrated Primary School so that as our pupils grow and mature, they’ll be able to affect positive change in the shared society we live in.

 

As an integrated school we  subscribe to these core principles:

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• Equality

• Faith and Values

• Parental Involvement

• Social responsibility

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