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The great divide

INVESTIGATION: SHARED SCHOOL CAMPUSES WERE SUPPOSED TO COMBAT SECTARIANISM AND BRING CHILDREN TOGETHER ... BUT IN FIVE YEARS LESS THAN A THIRD OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE TAKEN THEM UP AND EVEN FEWER HAVE PLANS FOR ANY MORE. WHAT HAPPENED? By Paul Hutcheon

Kate Clark, the head teacher at Cochrane Castle Primary school in Johnstone, is in no doubt about the positive impact her school has had on the pupils who walk through the gates.

"All the children play together, and they come to school together.