City of Armagh High School

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The City of Armagh High School is located in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is one of six schools in the Armagh City.

The City of Armagh High School teaches children ages 11-18. The school opened in 1965 and recentely celebrated its 40th anniversary. The school has excellent subjects to chose from in GCSEs and has a reputation of very high standards and results. The school also has great courses to pick from if doing A-levels. The schools slogan "Excellence, Opportunity and Care" is always applied to the pupils to make sure they have a happy and healthy school life and the professional and committed staff are always on hand to help.

The City of Armagh High School is also a very competitive school with sports such as football, hockey, netball, athletics, gymnastics and cross country. The school choir is also competitive and always involved in something such as young voices and a Christmas choir service.

The schools uniform is maroon and white. Uniform standards are very strict and uniform checks are made everyday to make sure that the uniform is always worn appropriately; any pupils who are not able to wear school uniform properly are placed in school detention.

The City of Armagh High School is a Protestant school and displays the Union Jack outside the school gates.