Matthew Munro is the principal (designate) of the soon-to-be established Breda Academy in Belfast.
The school, due to open in September 2015, will replace the existing Newtownbreda and Knockbreda high schools. It will initially operate on a split site before receiving a new-build.
Education minister John O’Dowd approved the capital project only after the conclusion of a judicial review brought by representatives of Newtownbreda High School.
Parents went to court in an attempt to have the merger plans quashed, claiming their children’s education would suffer in an amalgamated school, but the case was dismissed.
Mr Munro previously taught and led schools in England, most recently as the headteacher of Meopham School, a mixed non-selective school in Kent.
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