Ballyclare High School

Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are approximately 1,200 pupils at the school, taught by around 80 teachers

Ballyclare High School
Location
Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
Information
TypeGrammar school
MottoIndustria et Probitate
School districtEducation Authority
Head of schoolDr M Rainey
Enrollment1210
Colour(s)Navy and red

History

The school was opened in the 1890s in the village of Doagh, a few miles south-west of Ballyclare. In 1904 it moved to Ballyclare itself, and in 1930, the school finally moved to its current premises on the Rashee Road in the town. In 2006, the school was awarded Investor in People.[1]

Sport

The Medallion (under 15) team won the Medallion Shield in 1990 when Coleraine Academical Institution were beaten 8-4 in the final at Ravenhill. The subsidiary Medallion Plate competition has been won four times in 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2003.[2][3][4][5][6] The 1st XV won the Ulster Schools' Cup in 1973 and were runners up in 2012 to Royal Belfast Academical Institution. The 2012 team was coached by Mr D Soper and Mr G Shaw.

In boys' hockey, the school won the Burney Cup in 1931 and 1935.[7][8] and also winning the Prior shield in 2012. Girls hockey has risen to prominence in recent times, with the 1st team reaching the 2007 Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup final in .[9] In 2012 the senior girls 1st XI won the Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup. The team was coached by Dr. Michelle Rainey and featured future Ireland international and 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup silver medallist, Zoe Wilson, who scored the winner, aged 14.[10][11][12][13]

Uniform

Uniform is compulsory at Ballyclare High School. All pupils wear a blazer - black for boys and navy for girls - with the school logo emblazoned on a pocket on the left. Special Emblems are worn by students who have received awards from the school, and those who represent the school for Ulster or Ireland may be awarded an "honours blazer" - this is a red blazer with an honours pocket.

Ties must be worn for all pupils. In first to fifth year, ties are diagonal stripes of the school's colours, red and navy. In Lower Sixth, pupils wear a tie that is mostly navy with intermittent, thin red stripes as well as a representation of the Ballyclare Mill which can be seen in the school's emblem. The Upper Sixth tie is similar to the first to fifth form tie, with a similar mill emblem to the Lower Sixth tie.

Notable former pupils
Notable Ballyclare High School Alumni
Name Career Years of attendance
Stephen Boyd [14] Hollywood actor (birth name William Millar). 1940s
Andy Cairns member of heavy metal band Therapy?
John Dundee Noted anesthetist and medical researcher.
Kristyn Getty Christian singer-songwriter.
John Jackson Represented Ireland men's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[15][16][17] 1997–2003
Dick Strawbridge Retired army officer, TV personality, environmentalist. 1970s
Zoe Wilson Ireland women's field hockey international and silver medallist at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[11] 2004–2010
Tommy Wright Newcastle United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper. 1974-1980

School leadership

Principals:

  • 1902-1923: Catherine Aiken
  • 1923-1939: Arthur Foweather
  • 1939-1966: R E Russell
  • 1966-1970: Joseph Williams
  • 1970-1971: Herbert Mudd (acting principal)
  • 1971-1990: G C G Millar
  • 1990-2000: Robert FitzPatrick
  • 2000–2015: David Alexander Knox
  • 2015–Present: Dr Michelle Rainey

References
  1. "Delni.gov.uk 2006 investors in people awards". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  2. "High School hold on to lift Medallion Plate". Newtownabbey Times. 26 March 1992. p. 56.
  3. Belfast Newsletter. 21 March 1997. p. 36. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Ballyclare take the honours at Ravenhill...". Newtownabbey Times. 25 March 1999. p. 62.
  5. "2003 Medallion Shield". BBC Sport. 13 March 2003. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. "Ulster Rugby website Medallion Plate Result 2003". Ulster Rugby. 21 March 2003. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. Northern Whig & Belfast Post. 11 April 1931. p. 5. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Belfast Newsletter. 5 March 1935. p. 2. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Right Royal win for girls". Belfast Newsletter. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  10. "Field Hockey Adds Irish Midfielder". cuse.com. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  11. "Former Ballyclare High pupil is World Cup silver medalist". www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  12. "Ballyclare on a high after cup success". www.newsletter.co.uk. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  13. "Ireland star Wilson proud to return as a coach at Ballyclare HS". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  14. "Stephen Boyd Biography".
  15. "John Jackson". www.hockey.ie. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  16. "John Jackson". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  17. "John Jackson". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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