Grosvenor Grammar School


Grosvenor Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational controlled grammar school and sixth form in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

Grosvenor Grammar School was founded in 1945 as Grosvenor High School, by the Belfast Corporation, to cope with the increase in demand for grammar-school education in the area. It was sited in Roden Street, off Grosvenor Road, and remained there until 1958, when the school moved to Cameronian Drive in the east of the city. In 2010, the school moved to its present location, Marina Park.
Its headmasters have been William Moles, Ken Reid, John Lockett, and R. S. McLoughlin. On 19 December 2014 Robin McLoughlin made his final speech at Grosvenor before moving on to Banbridge Academy, making way for the school's first headmistress, Dr Frances Vasey.
The area from which the school draws its pupils has expanded enormously over the years, to include greater Belfast and north and mid-Down. In order to avoid confusion with non-grammar 'high schools', the school changed its name in 1993 to Grosvenor Grammar School.
In rugby, the school has won the Ulster Schools Cup once. Grosvenor has also experienced major successes in the Ulster School's Cup for football, with recent wins in 2016 as well as 2017, with their 1st XI seeing off St Columb's of Derry by 3-2.

Notable alumni