Cambridge_House_Grammar_School

Cambridge House Grammar School

Cambridge House Grammar School

Grammar school in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

For the mansion in central London, England, see Cambridge House. For the voluntary organisation base in Southwark, London, see Cambridge House (organisation).

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Cambridge House Grammar School is a mixed grammar school in the County Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, within the North Eastern Region of the Education Authority.

General

The school is located in the Galgorm Road area of the town at a mature site surrounded by gardens and playing fields comprising almost. The main school buildings are contemporary and the campus was refurbished in 2001 prior to the opening of the new school. The Technology and Design Suite building is the most recent addition to the school.[citation needed] The school also includes a separate Drama and Music annexe ( the former preparatory department) and a self-contained, Sixth Form Centre complete with both private and communal study areas, a common room and a coffee shop.[citation needed]

The House System

Cambridge House Grammar School (CHGS) is split into six houses (there having previously been four in the former Cambridge House Boy's Grammar School- Adair, Eaton, Raphael and Chichester), and the pastoral care of each pupil is enforced by this system. The house system is based on patrons who are successful in a wide range of expertise, such as music, sports, business, science and the Arts. The ethos behind the house system is that each pupil can relate to a smaller unit within the school and have a sense of identity in such a large school. House Captains are elected in Year 14.

The houses, and their original patrons, are listed below.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. [1]
    "Gala ball will celebrate Cambridge House's rugby heritage". Ballymena Times. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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