Grosvenor Grammar School
| Grosvenor Grammar School | |
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Marina Park , , BT5 6BA | |
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| Type | Controlled grammar |
| Established | 1945 |
| Local authority | Belfast Education and Library Board |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1082 (2008) |
| Colour(s) | Green and blue |
| Website | http://www.grosvenorgrammarschool.org.uk/ |
Grosvenor Grammar School is a co-educational controlled grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has a staff of 73 full-time teachers.
Grosvenor Grammar School was founded (as Grosvenor High School) in 1945 by the Belfast Corporation to cope with the increase in demand for grammar-school education in the area. It was sited in Roden Street, off the Grosvenor Road, and remained there until 1958, when the school moved to Cameronian Drive in the east of the city. In 2010, the school moved to Marina Park where it is at present.[citation needed]
Its headmasters have been William Moles (1945–1972), Ken Reid (1972–1993) and John Lockett (1993–2008).
The area from which the school draws its pupils has expanded enormously over the years, to include greater Belfast and north and mid-Down.[citation needed] In order to avoid confusion with non-grammar 'high schools', the school changed its name in 1993 to Grosvenor Grammar School.
In rugby, the school has won the Ulster Schools Cup once (in 1983).
Democratic Unionist politician Sammy Wilson MP MLA is a former economics teacher at the school. Michelle McIlveen MLA, also a Democratic Unionist, taught history and politics at the school. Willie Anderson (former Ireland rugby international) is a former P.E. teacher at Grosvenor.
Grosvenor also has two Irish cricket players working in the school, namely Kyle McCallan and Andrew White. Kyle took a job at Grosvenor just before he had to leave for the 2006 cricket world cup. Andrew joined the school in September 2007
Awards
Miss Anabel Samperiz-Corvinos from Grosvenor Grammar School was awarded the 2006 Guardian Teaching Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in Northern Ireland at a ceremony on 15 June 2006 at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast.[1]
The school usually admits several pupils to Oxbridge every year.[2]
Rugby
Grosvenor won the Ulster Schools Cup once in 1983.
Association football
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Notable former pupils
- Football player George Best attended the Grosvenor High School while it was located on the Grosvenor Road. However he moved to Lisnasharragh Secondary Modern, as football was not played at Grosvenor.
- Robert McCartney QC, often known as Bob, is a Northern Irish Barrister, Unionist politician, and leader of the UK Unionist Party, and was previously the only UKUP member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Ivan Little Media Reporter for UTV
- Colin Coates - Crusaders FC captain.
- Leonard Evans, noted traffic safety researcher and founder of Science Service Society
- Richard Mackenzie (Civil Servant). District Electoral Areas Commissioner and Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland. Member of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. Appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, by H.M. the Queen in 2002.
- William James Poole, Chief Executive, Joint Business Council, Irish Business and Employers Confederation-Confederation of British Industries, appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008.
- Nathan Connolly, lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Snow Patrol
- Paula Malcomson, actress who has appeared in Deadwood, Lost and Sons of Anarchy
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