St. John's Business and Enterprise College

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St. John's Business and Enterprise College (Irish: Coláiste Gnó agus Fiontair Naomh Seán, also known as St. John's, Dromore, or by its old title St. John's High School) is a Roman Catholic voluntary maintained secondary school for boys and girls based in the village of Dromore, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Western Education and Library Board area.As of September 2012, the school has an enrolment of 140 pupils.HistoryThe school opened as St. John's High School in September 1965 as a co-educational school for boys and girls aged 11 to 15 years old, which increased to 16 with the raising of the compulsory schooling age in 1973. The school was bombed by the UVF on 18 March 1973, causing extensive damage. Rebuilding was completed by September 1975.In 2006, St. John's High School became St. John's Business and Enterprise College after having obtained specialist school status from the Department of Education The school was one of the first twelve in Northern Ireland to be designated with a specialist status, and the first specialising in Business & Enterprise.