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| St. Dominic's Grammar School for Girls | |
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| Location | |
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135-137Falls Road ,, BT12 6AE | |
| Information | |
| Motto | Veritas ("truth") |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1870 |
| Specialist | Humanities |
| Board | Education Authority (Belfast) |
| Principal | Orla O’Neill[1] |
| Gender | All-Female |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1000 (approx) |
| Colour | |
| Type | Grammar School |
| Website | https://www.stdominics.org.uk/ |
St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls (Irish: Scoil Ghramadaí Naomh Doiminic do Chailíní), formerlySt Dominic's High School and originallySt. Mary's Dominican Convent, is aCatholicgrammar school for girls aged 11–18 (Years 8–14), inBelfast,Northern Ireland.
St. Dominic's was founded by theDominican Order in 1870 at the invitation of the Most Reverend Dr. Dorrian, Bishop of Down and Connor on theFalls Road inBelfast. It was originally named St. Mary's Dominican Convent.[citation needed] When it opened on 25 April 1870, there were four pupils enrolled. The boarding school opened on 29 April with one pupil.[citation needed] The Study Hall Block was built in 1897.[citation needed]
The school has grown significantly over the years with the addition of the St. Margaret's Wing in 1950s, St. Thomas's Building in 1960s, and the erection of St. Ita's and St.Raymond's in the 1970s.[citation needed]
St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls is a Catholicgrammar school for girls aged 11–18 (Years 8–14), in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[2]
St. Dominic's has topped the A-Level league table of schools in Northern Ireland with over 95% of entrants receiving 3 or more A-levels at Grades A* to C. In 2019, the school was placed 2nd out of 159 secondary schools in Northern Ireland in its A-Level performance with 94.5% entrants in the 2017–18 academic year receiving this level.[3] In 2021, 98.5 per cent of pupils achieved grades A* to C in three subjects at A Level. Of these A-level students, 69 per cent of grades achieved were A* or A and 92 per cent were A* to B.[4]
In the 2018Belfast Telegraph GCSE League Table, it was ranked joint ninth in Northern Ireland for its GCSE performance with 99.3% of its entrants to the exam in 2016–17 receiving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths.[5] In the 2019 League Table it was ranked joint sixth with 99.4% of its GCSE exam entrants receiving five or more A* to C grades.[6]
The school is aspecialist school forhumanities.[citation needed]
Since 2022, St. Dominic's has collaborated withFriends' School, Lisburn in the development of a Shared Education Signature Project. The primary focus of the project has been creating a ‘Shared History’ based around the events of 1916. history departments in both schools felt that a more ‘joined-up’ approach to the teaching of theBattle of the Somme and theEaster Rising was necessary.[7]
Students can participate in a wide range of sporting activities including athletics, netball, basketball, gaelic football, camogie, fitness training, rugby, soccer, swimming, volleyball, trampolining, water polo and dance.[citation needed]
There is an increasing variety of extra-curricular activities and clubs in which the students are encouraged to participate. As of 2022[update] these include: African drumming, book club, cookery club, Cumann Gaelach, dance club, Spanish club, Habitat for Humanity, Homework club, Maths club, Mock Bar Trial, needlework club, poetry reading, science club, technology club, art club, choir, creative writing club, cumann ceoil, French club, Geo club, history club, library club, music, orchestra, public speaking, and young enterprise.[8]
In 2018, it was awardedThe Times Northern Ireland Secondary School of the Year.[9]
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