Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College Specialist School in Humanities
Address	Castle Park Road, Bangor Bangor, County Down Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status... , County Down County Down -Cities:*Belfast *Newry -Large towns:*Dundonald*Newtownards*Bangor-Medium towns:... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
Phone	(028) 9127 0535
Fax	(028) 9146 3838
Chairman of the Board of Governors	Mrs Doreen Tennis
Principal	Mr. AWJ Hyndman
Vice Principal (Administration)	Mr. W Johnston
Vice Principal (Pastoral)	Mrs. K Barnes
Vice Principal (Curriculum)	Miss. P McBride
School type	Secondary
School Board	SEELB
Location	Bangor Bangor, County Down Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status... , Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... , UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Website	www.bangoracademy.org.uk

Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College (informally Bangor High School) is a mixed secondary school located in Bangor

Bangor, County Down

Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

. It has been accorded the status of Specialist School

Specialist school

The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...

 in Humanities by the Department of Education

Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

The Department of Education is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...

and has been awarded an International School Award (2010-2013).

Mission statement

Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College places the pupil at the centre of all of its work by providing a caring pastoral programme, a curriculum of breadth and balance, promoting essential life skills, moral values, and opportunities to fulfill potential in academia, sport, music and the arts.

Aims

• To provide, from every perspective, a top quality educational opportunity for the pupils who attend this school.
• To encourage every pupil to take advantage of the opportunities available.

School facilities

The modern building has a sports hall, assembly hall, four recording studios and two dining halls. Outside there are grass, all-weather and synthetic sports pitches.

Sixth Form

Each year Bangor Academy welcomes students from a variety of different schools and encourages students of all abilities to enrol in its Sixth Form. There is a current intake of 241 students studying 19 A level courses and 2 OCR National courses. In A level, 93.3% of all subject entries resulted in pass grades and 59% of all A level subject entries achieved Grade C or above. Results such as these include students gaining 1st place in N.I. C.C.E.A. examinations in both 2006 and 2007. The majority of students choose to go on to degree courses at higher education institutions or opt for careers with further training.

External links

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