Larne Grammar School

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Larne Grammar School is a co-education voluntary grammar school located in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1886 by Sir Edward Coey and John Crawford,^[1]^[2] it has around 760 pupils and 50 teaching staff.

1 Academics
2 Sport
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Academics

The school was inspected in November 2000 by the Department of Education.^[3] The following strengths were identified:

Exemplary behaviour and motivation of the pupils
Many instances of good teaching
High standards achieved by many of the pupils
Good accommodation.

However, a number of areas requiring improvement were also itemised. At a follow-up inspection in March 2002^[3] it was reported that the school had made satisfactory progress but that areas which still needed further improvement were:

Monitoring and evaluation of the teaching and learning
Strong leadership in the careers department
Greater emphasis on the pupils’ oral skills as part of the focus on literacy

[edit] Sport

In 2000, the School won the Ulster Senior Schoolgirls Hockey Cup, an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Women's Hockey Union, by beating Ballymena Academy 2-1 in the final.

On 9 March 2007, the 1st XV rugby team won the Schools' Trophy by beating Omagh Academy 11-3 in the final. They won it again on 22 February 2008, beating Dalriada 12-0 in the final.