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	Mr D.Blevins
Principal	Mr. 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.

It follows Craigavon two-tier system, commonly called the Dickson Plan, which was established approximately 50 years ago because many people recognised that making crucial decisions about a child's future at the age of 10 was inappropriate. The current school principal is Raymond Hill, formerly Senior Vice-Principal. In 2016, he succeeded Trevor Canning following the retirement of the latter. The school is responsible for a lot of charity work and hosts many activities involving young students such as bun sales and reading marathons.

School facilities

Clounagh Junior High School offers a wide variate 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. 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.

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 putt areas. 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. Although sport plays a significant part in the school's extracurricular clubs, there are a number of other activities which include but are not limited to film club, art club, computer club, choir, and the school play every other year.

Headmasters

#	Name	Tenure
1	Mr David Watson	1958-1984
2	Mr Gerald Hampton	1984-1995
3	Mr Norman Dickson	1995-2005
4	Mr Trevor Canning	2005-2016
5	Mr Raymond Hill	2016–present

References

^ "School prospectus 2018" (pdf). http://www.clounagh.com/prospectus/prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |location= (help)

External links

Clounagh Junior High School official website

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[1] "School prospectus 2018" (pdf). http://www.clounagh.com/prospectus/prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2018. {{cite web}}: External link in |location= (help)

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