Our Lady's Grammar School
Coordinates: 54°10′51″N 6°20′30″W / 54.1808°N 6.3418°W
| Motto |
Ora et Labora ("Pray and Work") |
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| Established | 1887 |
| Type | Grammar |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Mrs Fiona McAlinden B.Sc. (Hons), PGCE, M.Ed., PQH (NI) |
| Location | Northern Ireland |
| Local authority | Southern Education and Library Board |
| Students | 850 |
| Gender | Female |
| Ages | 11–18 |
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| Website | Our Lady's Grammar School |
Our Lady's Grammar School is a girls' grammar school in Newry, Northern Ireland. It is at Chequer Hill, on the County Armagh side of the Newry River.
History
Our Lady's was founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It first opened its doors on November 21, 1887, with only nine pupils. Initially lessons took place in a room in the Mercy Convent, but by 1894 the school was located in a four-storey house in Canal Street, Newry. The numbers of boarders and day-pupils gradually increased and the school expanded over a large site between Canal Street and Catherine Street. By the early 1980s there were 660 pupils; in 2007 there were 860.
In 2017 Arlene Foster the leader of the DUP visited the school at which she expressed being ‘uplifted’ after meeting pupils studying the Irish language. [1]
Academics
Our Lady's Grammar School has a long tradition of high performance in academics. [2] In 2010 it achieved the best results in Northern Ireland at both GCSE and A Level.
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