Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School

Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School
Motto Veritas Liberabit
Established 1993
Closed July - August
Type Grammar School
Religion Roman Catholic
Principal Mr Barry Kelly
Chaplin Father Colin Grant
Vice Principals Dr. Marie Dowling, Mr Paul Evans
Location 518 Ravenhill Road
Belfast
BT6 OBY
Northern Ireland
Local authority Belfast Education and Library Board
Staff ~100
Students 770
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Colours             
School Years Year 8 - Year 14
Website Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School

Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School is a co-educational Catholic grammar school situated on the Ravenhill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It teaches a range of subjects. Its main education board of choice is CCEA, but the school also uses AQA and Edexcel for certain subjects.

History

Aquinas was established by the Diocese of Down and Connor as a co-educational voluntary Grammar School. It admitted the first 110 pupils in September 1993.

Motto and crest

The school's motto is Veritas Liberabit which is Latin for "The truth will set you free". The school crest is a circle half-surrounded by a 'mane' (representing the Evangelist Mark), and inside the circle in one half there is half of an ox (symbolising St Thomas Aquinas) and the symbol of the lamb and the keys.

Academics

It teaches a range of subjects. Its main education board of choice is CCEA, but the school also uses AQA and Edexcel for certain subjects.

In 2018 it was ranked joint first in Northern Ireland for its GCSE performance with 100% of its entrants receiving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths.[1] Also in 2018, 85.3% of its entrants to the A-level exam achieved A*-C grades and the school was ranked 15th out of 192 schools. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Belfast Telegraph GCSE 2018". Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "A-Level: Northern Ireland School League Table 2018". Retrieved 22 September 2018.

Coordinates: 54°34′38.32″N 6°05′16.66″W / 54.5773111°N 6.0879611°W / 54.5773111; -6.0879611

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