Popular principal of St Ronan’s College in Lurgan, Mrs Fiona Kane, has been seconded to a senior position in the Department of Education.

Mrs Kane, who has been principal of St Ronan's College since January 2020, has taken the school through major changes including moving to the new state-of-the-art campus at Cornakinnegar Road, in Lurgan.

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Mrs Fiona Kane, Principal of St Ronan's College in Lurgan, is to be seconded to a senior role in the Department of Education.

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In a statement online, the Board of Governors of the college said: “We are delighted to share the wonderful news that our Principal, Fiona Kane, has been appointed to a seconded role with the Department of Education as part of the TransformEd strategy within the Leaders of Education: System Leadership Partners programme. The role begins on 1st September 2026.

"This prestigious appointment is a reflection of Fiona’s exceptional leadership, vision and unwavering commitment to educational excellence. While we will miss her greatly in school, we are immensely proud that her expertise will now contribute to educational improvement at a regional level.

"On behalf of the entire Board and staff of the College, we extend our warmest congratulations to Fiona and wish her every success and fulfilment in this exciting new role.

"St Ronan’s remains in a strong and capable position, an Acting Principal will be appointed internally in the coming weeks and we look forward to supporting the College through this next chapter.”

Having taken up the role of Principal of St Ronan’s just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic, Mrs Kane managed the 1750 pupil school across 3 campus in the Co Armagh town before the new £56m College campus opened last September.

Mrs Kane was also Principal of Lismore Comprehensive in Craigavon in December 2013 taking up the post in April 2014. During that time she helped drive the building of the new £31m campus which opened and rebranded as Lismore College not long after she left to take up her post at St Ronan’s College.

A Belfast native educated at Queen’s University, her first teaching appointment was English and Drama at De La Salle College, Belfast, a large (1200 pupils) all boys comprehensive. There she held a number of roles before becoming Deputy Principal and Acting Principal.