Oakgrove Integrated College is an integrated secondary school based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The all-ability school was founded in 1992 with the hope of integrating young people from both sides of Northern Ireland's religious divide and giving all of its students 'self-esteem'. The first roots of Oakgrove were in an informal meeting between several teachers and parents on the separation of children, on academic, gender and religious grounds. It was agreed that Derry should have an integrated college and primary school. Up to this point, despite being the second largest urban area in Northern Ireland, the city had done without. This informal meeting went onto several formal ones, which laid the foundation of two new schools in the city: Oakgrove Integrated Primary School and Oakgrove Integrated College. The college was founded in September 1992 and is the 17th integrated school in Northern Ireland. The fledgling institution moved into half of an old hospital building in Gransha Park, beside Strathfoyle on the northern outskirts of the city. The college only offered first year ('year 8') education during its first year of operation, with eight teachers.