Clounagh Junior High School

Clounagh Junior High School is a controlled school on the Brownstown Road, Portadown, Northern Ireland. It accepts male and female pupils following primary education. Generally, children attend for three years (from ages 11–14) however, those with special educational needs stay for an extra two years. After the children leave they are ordinarily transferred to either Portadown College or Craigavon Senior High School.

Clounagh Junior High School
Clounagh Junior High School, 2008
Address
Brownstown Road

Portadown
,
BT62 3QA

Northern Ireland
Information
Established1957
ChairmanMr D.Blevins
PrincipalMr. Raymond Hill
Staff70 approx
GenderMixed
Age11 to 14
Enrollment636[1]
Houses  Carson
  Scot
  Nuffield
  Alexander
Colour(s)Blue and Gold
   
WebsiteClounagh JHS

It follows Craigavon two-tier system, commonly called the Dickson Plan, which was established approximately 50 years ago because many people recognised that making crucial decisions about a child's future at the age of 10 was inappropriate. The current school principal is Raymond Hill, formerly Senior Vice-Principal. In 2016, he succeeded Trevor Canning following the retirement of the latter. The school is responsible for a lot of charity work and hosts many activities involving young students such as bun sales and reading marathons.

School facilities

Clounagh Junior High School offers a wide variate of subjects which are served by 41 classrooms, including 4 Science laboratories, 3 I.C.T. rooms, 2 Home Economics rooms, as well as Technology & Design, Art, and Music Suites. In 2014 the school's Art department was refurbished. The Art Suite now consists of 2 new classrooms, a digital studio, and a new Kiln Room with Ceramics area.

The school site of 18 acres includes 2 all-weather hockey pitches, 2 grass rugby/football pitches, 2 outdoor netball courts, a 300m Athletics grass track, 2 long jump pits, 2 high jump areas, and 2 shot putt areas. The school has two gymnasia; the larger one is used as an Assembly hall, while the smaller one is primarily used as an indoor basketball court. Although sport plays a significant part in the school's extracurricular clubs, there are a number of other activities which include but are not limited to film club, art club, computer club, choir, and the school play every other year.

Headmasters
#NameTenure
1 Mr David Watson 1958-1984
2 Mr Gerald Hampton 1984-1995
3 Mr Norman Dickson 1995-2005
4 Mr Trevor Canning 2005-2016
5 Mr Raymond Hill 2016–present

References
  1. "School prospectus 2018" (pdf). http://www.clounagh.com/prospectus/prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2018.


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