Portadown Integrated Primary School
Coordinates: 54°27′40″N 6°25′23″W / 54.461°N 6.423°W / 54.461; -6.423
Portadown Integrated Primary is a primary school which opened in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1990. When the school first opened it was housed in portable cabins in Chambers Park, home of Portadown RFC. Initially it had a small number of pupils, around 20-30, and lunch was held in the rugby changing rooms. The first head teacher was Mrs Kathy Magee. After growing quite rapidly, it moved to a new semi-permanent building in 1992 in the Kernan area of the town, one of the few areas in Portadown which was considered a mixed area. There are currently 223 pupils enrolled, and the current head teacher is Feargal Magee. The school was one of the first primary schools in the area to openly educate children of both Protestant and Roman Catholic parents together.
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