Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College

Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College (informally Bangor High School) is a mixed secondary school located in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It has been accorded the status of Specialist School in Humanities by the Department of Education and has been awarded an International School Award (2010-2013).

Mission statement

Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College places the pupil at the centre of all of its work by providing a caring pastoral programme, a curriculum of breadth and balance, promoting essential life skills, moral values, and opportunities to fulfill potential in academia, sport, music and the arts.

Aims

• To provide, from every perspective, a top quality educational opportunity for the pupils who attend this school.
• To encourage every pupil to take advantage of the opportunities available.

School facilities

The modern building has a sports hall, assembly hall, four recording studios and two dining halls. Outside there are grass, all-weather and synthetic sports pitches.

Sixth Form

Each year Bangor Academy welcomes students from a variety of different schools and encourages students of all abilities to enrol in its Sixth Form. There is a current intake of 241 students studying 19 A level courses and 2 OCR National courses. In A level, 93.3% of all subject entries resulted in pass grades and 59% of all A level subject entries achieved Grade C or above. Results such as these include students gaining 1st place in N.I. C.C.E.A. examinations in both 2006 and 2007. The majority of students choose to go on to degree courses at higher education institutions or opt for careers with further training.

External links

• Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College