A `junior high' school that will replace the only Catholic secondary in Portadown, will drop the name Drumcree.
St John the Baptist College is the new non-selective co-educational college due to open in September next year.
It will operate on the site of Drumcree College, which will close on August 31 2017.
The school is seeking a new head, with a principal (designate) expected to take up the post next January.
Former education minister John O'Dowd approved the closure of Drumcree and establishment of a Key Stage 3 school.
The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) had concluded there was no potential of retaining a viable and sustainable 11-16 school at Drumcree.
The new school will be non-selective and educate children from 11-14. They will then transfer to schools in Craigavon, Lurgan or Armagh for GCSEs and A-levels.
Drumcree was the last remaining Catholic secondary in Portadown, having itself been created through the merger of two schools. Pupil numbers were low, however, with only around a quarter of available places filled.
The new school will cater for pupils mainly from the parish of Drumcree, but also from the neighbouring parishes of Loughgall and Kilmore.
It will adopt the same name as the nearby Catholic nursery and primary schools in Drumcree parish.
St John the Baptist will open as a Year 8 to Year 10 colleges with pupils then transferring to schools of their choice for Year 11.
While this appears similar to the Dickson Plan, in which Catholic schools are no longer involved, it will remain free from academic selection.
Pupils may transfer to any post-primary school at Year 11, however, a "managed KS4 pathway" has been developed with Lismore Comprehensive College in Craigavon and St Ronan's College in Lurgan.
It is anticipated that St John the Baptist will develop into an 11-19 school, delivering a full range of subjects at GCSE and A-level, "as the predicted population growth takes place", the CCMS said.
