Established 1945 Headmistress Dr Frances Vasey Phone +44 28 9070 2777 Founded 1945 Colors Blue, Green | Type Controlled grammar Ages 11–18 Province Ulster Number of students 1,082 (2008) | |
Location Marina ParkBelfastCounty AntrimBT5 6BANorthern Ireland Local authority Similar Ashfield Girls High School, Ashfield Boys High School, Jem Swim School, Orangefie High School, Campbell College Profiles | ||
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Grosvenor Grammar School is a co-educational controlled grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has a staff of 73 full-time teachers.
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Grosvenor Grammar School was founded (as Grosvenor High School) in 1945 by the Belfast Corporation to cope with the increase in demand for grammar-school education in the area. It was sited in Roden Street, off the Grosvenor Road, and remained there until 1958, when the school moved to Cameronian Drive in the east of the city. In 2010, the school moved to Marina Park where it is at present.
Its headmasters have been William Moles (1945–1972), Ken Reid (1972–1993), John Lockett (1993–2008), and R. S. McLoughlin (2008–2014). On 19 December 2014 Robin McLoughlin made his final speech at Grosvenor before moving on to Banbridge Academy, making way for the schools first headmistress Dr Frances Vasey (2014-Present).
The area from which the school draws its pupils has expanded enormously over the years, to include greater Belfast and north and mid-Down. In order to avoid confusion with non-grammar 'high schools', the school changed its name in 1993 to Grosvenor Grammar School.
In rugby, the school has won the Ulster Schools Cup once (in 1983).
Democratic Unionist politician Sammy Wilson MP MLA is a former economics teacher at the school. Michelle McIlveen MLA, also a Democratic Unionist, taught history and politics at the school. Willie Anderson (former Ireland rugby international) is a former PE teacher at Grosvenor.
Grosvenor also has two Irish cricket players working in the school, namely Kyle McCallan and Andrew White. Kyle took a job at Grosvenor just before he had to leave for the 2006 cricket world cup. Andrew joined the school in September 2007.
Nathan Connolly, lead guitarist of Snow Patrol is also a former pupil of the school. Also, George Best attended Grosvenor for a short period of time before transferring to a nearby high school.