Regent House School
54°35′24″N 5°42′14″W / 54.590°N 5.704°W
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| Regent House Grammar School | |
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Circular Road , , BT22 4QA Northern Ireland | |
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| Type | Grammar School |
| Established | 1924 |
| Local authority | SEELB |
| Principal | Mr M C Carville |
| Gender | Boys & Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | Approx. 1550 |
| Houses | Castlereagh, Clandeboye, Scrabo, Strangford |
| Colour(s) | red & black (boys) red & green (girls) |
| Website | http://www.regenthouse.org.uk |
Regent House School is a co-ed controlled grammar school situated in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. It comprises two parts: the preparatory department, known as "the Prep" and the main school itself. It has over 1550 pupils from ages 4 to 18.[1]
The school is divided into 4 houses: Castlereagh, Strangford, Scrabo and Clandeboye
Inspections
The school was inspected in 2015 and judged Satisfactory.[2] In 2019 another inspection was carried out, but could not reach a judgement because of industrial action being taken by staff.[3]
Music
In 2017 the school's choir won BBC Radio Ulster School Choir of the Year.[4]
Sport
Regent has won the Ulster Schools Cup and Medallion Shield.
Regent House won the Schools' Cup Final in 1994 where they defeated Wallace HS 8–3 in what has proved to be their only outright victory. Two years later, Regent shared the Schools Cup with Methodist College following a 9–9 draw.
The cricket team won the McCullough Cup.[citation needed]
Air Training Corps
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Regent has an Air Cadet squadron, 2241 sqn, a school squadron. The squadron was created out of an army cadet unit in 1951 by Flt Lt Duff, a teacher and the squadron's first Commanding Officer who had been a pilot during WW2 flying B-25 Mitchell bombers.
There are a number of opportunities on offer from the squadron including Gliding/flying training. The Squadron is well located as Newtownards Airfield is nearby; this was the home of 664 VGS flying Grob 109 Vigilant T.1 motorised gliders until 2016.
2241 are winners of the NI Wing SRAFONI (Senior RAF Officer Northern Ireland) Trophy for best overall ATC Sqn in Northern Ireland 2011–12.
The 2013 shooting competition for both the team award and individual award was won by the 2241 team of four.
Notable former pupils
- Jim Allister, Unionist politician and MLA in Northern Ireland
- Nigel Carr, Rugby Former British Lions player
- David Coulter, Church of Scotland minister and Chaplain General in the British Army
- Eddie Irvine, Formula One racing driver
- Michael McGimpsey – Ulster Unionist Party MLA and Minister for Health in the Northern Ireland Executive
- Phillip Matthews, Rugby Irish International
- Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blair 'Paddy' Mayne DSO & 3 Bars, founding member of the Special Air Service, Rugby Former British Lions player.
- Catherine Jean Milligan, former Miss Northern Ireland
- Colin Murray, Radio 1 DJ
- Colin Nixon, football player and manager
External links
References
- ^ http://www.regenthouse.org.uk/Portal.aspx?tabindex=7&tabid=3992
- ^ "Regent House School Improving educational outcomes through staff development and evaluation strategies" (PDF). Controlled Schools’ Support Council. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Regent House School, Newtownards, County Down Report of a Sustaining Improvement Inspection (Involving Action Short of Strike) in December 2019" (PDF). ETINI. Education and Training Inspectorate. 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Regent House School named Northern Ireland's top senior school choir". Controlled Schools Support Council. 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2020.