CAMBRIDGE HOUSE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Cambridge House School was founded in 1910 by Jane Craig Currie and Sarah Kinnear. Until 1929 it occupied a house in Audley Terrace, beside West Church. It then moved to purpose-built premises on the other side of the Ballymoney Road, where the car park now is. Essentially it was a girls' school, although a few boys attended until the age of 13. When Miss Currie died in 1936, her niece, Patricia Owens, one of the first pupils (and a teacher since 1927), became Headmistress, a post she held until 1969... Cambridge House moved to its present site in 1973 and the following year Cambridge House Boys' Grammar School opened on the same campus. Under W.J.Wallace (1974-2001) and Miss A.Graham (1976-1999), the two schools operated independently of each other until pupils reached Sixth Form, when they were educated together. In 2001, the two schools amalgamated to form today's Cambridge House Grammar School, with a new uniform, badge and motto. The school celebrated its centenary in 2010, and..

Also known as: Cambridge House

Primary location: Ballymena United Kingdom