Planning application for new build of Tandragee Junior High School due to be submitted next year

After many years of lobbying, plans are firmly afoot to build a new school on the site of the current school.

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It is understood the cost of building the new school could reach to around £30m.

Already catering for around 277 pupils, Tandragee JHS teaches students until the age of 14 when they move to Craigavon Senior High School or Portadown College.

A previous site earmarked for the new school build became ‘unavailable’ and the current site has been deemed the best place for the new build.

A spokesperson for Tandragee Junior High School said: “On 23 June 2020 the then Minister of Education announced nine schools to advance in design under the Department of Education’s Major Capital Works Programme, which included Tandragee Junior High School.

"The Stakeholders for the project are delighted that the major capital project has now reached a significant milestone with Business Case approval for the project having been granted on 21 May 2026, which identified a new build school on the existing school site as the option to be taken forward.

"The Integrated Consultancy Team will now progress the scheme through the design stages. It is estimated that a planning application for the scheme will be submitted in summer 2027.”

The Department of Education was asked for more information on the project but a spokesperson said there was nothing further to add at this time.