Castle High School, Belfast
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Castle High School was a state-controlled co-educational secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was located in Fortwilliam Park, and was within the Belfast Education and Library Board area.
History[edit]
The school was opened on 1 September 1985, when Dunlambert Boys’ Secondary School amalgamated with Graymount Girls’ Secondary School and Mountcollyer Secondary School.[citation needed]
The new school was established on the Fortwilliam Park site of the former Dunlambert School, which was founded in 1958, and, at its peak, accommodated 1,000 pupils.[citation needed]
Castle High School was the beneficiary of a remarkably historic site: within the school's 8-acre (32,000 m2) grounds are the Celtic and Anglo-Norman remains of an original Dun, or fort, flanked by a prehistoric souterrain.[citation needed]
50th anniversary[edit]
On 23 June 2008, Castle High School held a celebration to mark 50 years of education at its current site at Fortwilliam Park in north Belfast. The event was hosted by the BBC journalist and broadcaster Dr William Crawley, a former pupil of Dunlambert School, with musical performances from the Belfast School of Music's Concert Band.[citation needed]
Closure[edit]
Castle High School closed on 31 August 2009.[citation needed] From 1 September 2009 the building was used by the Belfast School of Music and is the site of offices for the Education Authority.
External links[edit]
- Castle High School website, archive.org, 13 May 2008
- Castle High School, Bebo.com
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