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Cambridge House Grammar School

Field	Value
name	Cambridge House Grammar School
motto	Per Laborem
established	September 2001
type	Grammar school
head_label	Principal
head	Richard Marsh
city	Ballymena
county	County Antrim
country	Northern Ireland
postcode	BT42 2EL
enrolment	900
gender	Mixed
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	6
colours	Green and red
website	http://www.cambridgehouse.org.uk
local_authority	Education Authority

Note

Cambridge House Grammar School is a mixed grammar school in the County Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, within the North Eastern Region of the Education Authority.

General

The school is located in the Galgorm Road area of the town at a mature site surrounded by gardens and playing fields comprising almost. The main school buildings are contemporary and the campus was refurbished in 2001 prior to the opening of the new school. The Technology and Design Suite building is the most recent addition to the school. The school also includes a separate Drama and Music annexe ( the former preparatory department) and a self-contained, Sixth Form Centre complete with both private and communal study areas, a common room and a coffee shop.

The House System

Cambridge House Grammar School (CHGS) is split into six houses (there having previously been four in the former Cambridge House Boy's Grammar School- Adair, Eaton, Raphael and Chichester), and the pastoral care of each pupil is enforced by this system. The house system is based on patrons who are successful in a wide range of expertise, such as music, sports, business, science and the Arts. The ethos behind the house system is that each pupil can relate to a smaller unit within the school and have a sense of identity in such a large school. House Captains are elected in Year 14.

The houses, and their original patrons, are listed below.

Jones House: Marie Jones, Belfast born playwright.
Burnell House: Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, physicist.
Bell House: George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE, musician.
Abercorn House: Sacha, Duchess of Abercorn, OBE
Patton House: David Patton, local businessman.
Robinson House: Brian Robinson, former Ulster and Ireland rugby player and past pupil.

Heads

Name	Tenure
url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001426/19720302/002/0001	title=A Fencing Expert	work=Ballymena Observer	date=2 March 1972	page=1	via=British Newspaper Archive	url-access=subscription	access-date=14 November 2025}}	1969–1972
Brenda Berner, nee Kenyon	1972–1976

Principals

No.	Name	Tenure
1	Charles Mills	2001–2003
2	Eileen Lisk	2004–2011
3	Elma Lutton	2012–2020
4	Phillip Elliott	2021–2023
5	Richard Marsh	2023-present

Notable former pupils

Adrian McCoubrey, professional cricketer, held the office of Deputy Head Boy 1997–98
Brian Robinson, rugby player, Ireland international
Jamie Smith, Ulster Rugby full-back, Smith completed five years at the school
Carol Graham, contemporary artist
Neve Jones, professional rugby player for Gloucester-Hartpury in the PWR, Ulster at the regional level, and Ireland at the international level. Tried to form a girls' rugby team for the school but was rejected.

References

(2 March 1972). "A Fencing Expert". Ballymena Observer.
(5 February 2015). "Gala ball will celebrate Cambridge House's rugby heritage". Ballymena Times.

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