A total of 22 secondary schools across the North have been approved for closure or amalgamation since government backed a radical review of education.
Ministers began approving a raft of closures just two days after the Bain Review was accepted in 2006 –- despite claims its implementation would not cause major upheaval.
Bain recommended the minimum enrolment for post-primary schools in years 8 to 12 should be 500 pupils. In addition, the minimum enrolment for a 6th form is now 100 pupils.
Secondary schools in Garvagh, Castlederg, Larne, Derry and Belfast are among those to have shut their doors in the last few years. Some have been merged with grammar schools to become new all-abilities colleges.
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