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Department of Education working with Foyle College in Derry over £821,000 repayment
Local school owes the money following its move to Limavady Road campus
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The Department of Education (DE) has confirmed that it is working with Foyle College in Derry to ‘secure repayment of funds’ linked to its relocation to Limavady Road.
Last week, the Derry News revealed that the local school has launched a fundraising appeal to gather the £821,000 it owes the DE.
Foyle College is a co-educational Voluntary Grammar School which has been providing a high-quality education for young people in the city and surrounding area for over 400 years.
Foyle College launches £821,000 fundraising appeal
The Derry school is seeking to raise the money it owes the Department of Education
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Foyle College has launched a fundraising appeal to help save the school’s Voluntary Grammar School status, the Derry News can reveal today.
In a letter seen by this paper, the school’s leaders say that a £821k in debt is owed to the Department of Education (DE) following its relocation to the Waterside area.
In 2018 the historic Derry school moved from its home on Duncreggan Road and Northland Road to its new ‘state of the art’ campus on Limavady Road.