Clounagh Junior High School

Clounagh Junior High School
Clounagh Junior High School
	Clounagh Junior High School, 2008
Address
	Brownstown Road; Portadown, BT62 3QA; Northern Ireland
Information
Established	1957
Chairman	David Blevins
Principal	Raymond Hill
Staff	70 approx
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 14
Enrollment	636
Houses	Carson ; Scot ; Nuffield ; Alexander
Colour(s)	Blue and Gold ;
Website	Clounagh JHS

54°25′01″N 6°27′32″W / 54.417°N 6.459°W / 54.417; -6.459

Clounagh Junior High School is a controlled school on the Brownstown Road, Portadown, Northern Ireland. It accepts male and female pupils following primary education. Generally, children attend for three years (from ages 11–14) however, those with special educational needs stay for an extra two years. After the children leave, they are ordinarily transferred to either Portadown College or Craigavon Senior High School.^{[citation needed]}

It follows Craigavon two-tier system, commonly called the Dickson Plan.^{[citation needed]} As of 2022, the school principal is Raymond Hill, formerly senior vice-principal.^{[citation needed]} In 2016, he succeeded Trevor Canning following the retirement of the latter. ^{[citation needed]}

School facilities

Clounagh Junior High School offers a number of subjects which are served by 41 classrooms, including 4 science laboratories, 3 I.C.T. rooms, 2 Home Economics rooms, as well as Technology & Design, Art, and Music Suites.^{[citation needed]} In 2014 the school's Art department was refurbished. The art suite now consists of 2 new classrooms, a digital studio, and a new kiln room with ceramics area.^{[citation needed]}

The school site of 18 acres includes 2 all-weather hockey pitches, 2 grass rugby/football pitches, 2 outdoor netball courts, a 300m athletics grass track, 2 long jump pits, 2 high jump areas, and 2 shot put areas.^{[citation needed]} The school has two gymnasia; the larger one is used as an assembly hall, while the smaller one is primarily used as an indoor basketball court.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "School prospectus 2018" (PDF). clounagh.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

External links

Clounagh Junior High School official website

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[1] "School prospectus 2018" (PDF). clounagh.com. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

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