| Established | 1862 |
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| Type | Secondary School |
| Religion | Church of Ireland |
| Headmaster | Mr Wynne Oliver |
| Location | Sligo County Sligo Ireland |
| Staff | ~50 |
| Students | 499 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | White & Navy |
| Sports | Rugby, Hockey, Basketball, Kayaking |
| Website | www.sligogrammarschool.org |
"Sligo Grammar School" is a private fee paying co-educational boarding school located on "The Mall" in Sligo Town. The school has approximately 449 students of which approximately 103 are boarders. It offers the traditional Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate courses along with Transition Year, which is compulsory. It is one of a small few of Secondary Schools in the Republic of Ireland under Church of Ireland management. This said, approximately 50% of pupils are of other religious persuasions, most notably Roman Catholic, agnostic and atheist. The school also has Presbyterian and Jewish minorities. It describes itself as a liberal, egalitarian school. The school has a large amount of international pupils, primarily from Spain, Germany and South Korea, though there are also pupils from Russia and The Ukraine as well as a number of other nations.
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The school has existed in various forms for over 400 years, its constitutions reflecting the changing outlook and needs for society. The present school incorporates part of the Charter School which was set up in 1752 under the Royal Charter. This school closed in 1843.[1] The Diocesan School In Elphin, which numbered Oliver Goldsmith among its pupils, was moved to Charter School buildings in Sligo in 1862. In 1907, the school buildings were conveyed to the Incorporated Society who closed their boarding school at Primrose Grange under Knocknarea and built spacious dormitories and classrooms (the present boy’s dormitories and "Prep Room") on the present site, of Sligo Grammar School. In 1947 Sligo Grammar School was merged with Sligo High School which was founded by Dean Ardill in 1911. The premises of the High School were closed and the residence known as the "Hermitage", adjoining the Grammar School, was purchased from the Campbell family to house the girl boarders. The New Teaching Block was added in 1972. In August 1976, the school was leased by the Incorporated Society to Sligo Grammar School Limited, which runs the school through a local Protestant board. "The Hermitage" was destroyed by fire in November 1976 and was replaced by a new residence in September 1978.
The school is currently building an indoor swimming pool, to be finished in mid-2011. More classrooms will be built along with a new rugby pitch (to replace the old 'Donkey pitch) and slip for kayaking are to be finished by September 2013. A new wall and gate has recently been completed on the entrance to the school
Learning facilities:
Sports facilities:
The boys uniform consists of:
The girls uniform consists of:
Prefects are given an oval shaped badge with the school crest on it. Boarding house prefects are given a shield shaped badge with the word "Monitor" on it.
The school rugby kit is made up of the school colours. The rugby jerseys are navy and white hooped, the shorts are navy, and the socks are navy and white hooped for the junior team and the senior team have red and navy hooped socks.
Sligo Grammar School were Senior Connacht Rugby Champions in 2010 and have been many times over the years. The school also has a very active athletics association and many hockey teams for girls. Competitive debating teams in English, Irish and German also exist. The school has an SATB choir with approximately 70 members which is quite well known around Sligo and they have released two CD's.