St Ninian's High School, Douglas

St Ninian's High School (Manx: Schoill Ard Noo Ninian) is a secondary school located in Douglas and Onchan, on the Isle of Man. The School is set over two different sites, catering for different year groups.

St Ninian's High School
Address
Ballaquayle Road

,
IM2 5RA

Information
TypeComprehensive
Established1983
Department for Education URN132463 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherChris Coole
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1333
Websitehttp://www.snhs.im

History

The Lower School opened in 2012 and is located at Bemahague in Onchan. The lower school caters for years seven to nine. Previously the lower school was located in Park Road, Central Douglas (opened in 1894) and catered for students in years seven and eight with year nine students being taught at the upper school until 2012. The Upper School, originally known as Douglas High School for Boys, was built in 1927 at Ballaquayle.[1] It was officially renamed to St Ninian's High School in 1985.[2] Alumni of the high school formed the football club Douglas High School Old Boys A.F.C. in 1926. The Upper School is based on the older students in years ten to eleven; as well as containing the school's Sixth Form centre. St Ninian's High School was formed in the early eighties after a review took place of secondary education in Douglas. The reasons for the construction of the new school in Onchan were because the Park Road site was falling into disrepair and space for further expansion was limited. The upper school had also become crowded and had several mobile classrooms which forced the construction of a new school which could take Park Road's former students as well as one year group from the upper school.

Facilities

The Upper School campus has received many renovations over its period of existence. It is now much larger than the original construction of the 1920s. Most recently a new Sixth form Centre was built in 2000. Named the Barbra Cottier Centre, it formed a purpose built centre for Sixth Form studies. In 2006 a new dining area and Special Needs centre was built on the site of a central courtyard.

The new lower school in Onchan has several tennis courts, playing fields, modern football pitches and a large gymnasium.

New lower school of St Ninian's High School in Onchan, shortly before the school opened in 2012

Notable alumni

References

  1. "90th anniversary of Douglas High School for Boys". Manx Radio.
  2. "Memories of St Ninian's High School 90 years after the building opened". www.iomtoday.co.im.
  3. "Sam Barks update". St. Ninian's High School. 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  4. "Mathematics and the Isle of Man". www.maths.bath.ac.uk.
  5. "Craine, Peter Alfred" (PDF). Tynwald.
  6. "St Ninian's celebrates Olympic gold medal".
  7. Mullan, John (18 August 2010). "Sir Frank Kermode obituary" via www.theguardian.com.
  8. "Nigel Kneale". 3 November 2006 via www.telegraph.co.uk.

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