Motto | Veritas Liberabit (The truth will set you free) |
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Established | 1992 |
Type | Grammar School |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Principal | Mr Kelly |
Chaplin | Father Colin Grant |
Vice Principal | Mr Peter Dobbin |
Location | 518 Ravenhill Road Belfast BT6 0BY Northern Ireland |
Staff | ~100 |
Students | ~770 |
Gender | Mixed |
Colours | Grey, Blue, Red |
School Years | Year 8 - Year 14 |
Chairman | The Most Rev Donal McKeown |
Website | Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School |
Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School is a co-educational Roman 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.
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.
The school offers a range of subjects including; Art & Design, Home Economics, English, Drama, Spanish, French, Irish, Geography, History, Mathematics, Science, Technology & Design, Music, Religion, ICT and P.E. At AS-A2 level, students can also choose to take: Sociology, Psychology (AS only) and Government & Politics.