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By Robbie Meredith
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A former high school in north Belfast is to become an additional special school due to the increasing number of pupils who need a school place.
Castle High School closed in 2009 and has been used as an Education Authority (EA) resource centre since then.
BBC News NI has learned that it is to be used to provide additional special school places for September 2021.
EA said it would increase provision, including the use of the Fortwilliam site for a temporary period .
About half of the children in the school will be post-primary pupils from Harberton Special School in south Belfast, creating a new Harberton North campus.
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Ian McKellen and Peter Tatchell lead a march against section 28, Manchester, February 1988. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Ian McKellen and Peter Tatchell lead a march against section 28, Manchester, February 1988. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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