Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School

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Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School
Address
518 Ravenhill Road Belfast , BT6 OBY Northern Ireland
Information
Type	Grammar School
Motto	Veritas Liberabit
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1993
Closed	July - August
Local authority	Education Authority (Belfast)
Principal	Barry Kelly
Chaplain	Colin Grant
Staff	~100
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	770
Colour(s)
Sports	Basketball, Gaelic football, hockey, netball, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis
School Years	Year 8 - Year 14
Website	http://aquinasgrammar.com/

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. The current building for which the school occupies finished construction in January 2003.^[1]

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.^[2]

in 2019 the school was ranked 11th out of 159 secondary schools in Northern Ireland with 88.4% of its A-level students who entered the exams in 2017/18 being awarded three A*-C grades.^[3]

See also[]

• List of secondary schools in Belfast

References[]

External links[]

• Aquinas Grammar School website

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