Newtownabbey Community High School
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Newtownabbey Community High School is a secondary school
in Newtownabbey
, Northern Ireland
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Newtownabbey Community High School, founded in 1994, is a controlled, co-educational school providing secondary level education for girls and boys of all ability levels. The school occupies spacious buildings on a mature wooded site and its location on the Shore Road at Whitehouse allows easy access on foot, and by public transport from the Greater Newtownabbey area, Greenisland and Belfast.
Recently the School has had to donate a section of the building to keep the neighbouring Whitehouse Primary School
running until the School was rebuilt due to being demolished after an arson attack.
Newtownabbey Community High School, also had an arson attack 4 years ago which involved the Music Room and the Special Needs room being destroyed and causing a lot of smoke damage to the Assembly Hall and the other Class Rooms.
With Key Stage 4 and GCSE the School also supports a Careers Experience programme in which pupils can get experience by working a 1 week long apprenticeship or if they choose the Army they will get 1 week in the Military then they will be able to do an apprenticeship for the following week.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Newtownabbey
Newtownabbey
Newtownabbey is a large town north of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Sometimes considered to be a suburb of Belfast, it is separated from the rest of the city by Cavehill and Fortwilliam golf course...
, 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...
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Newtownabbey Community High School, founded in 1994, is a controlled, co-educational school providing secondary level education for girls and boys of all ability levels. The school occupies spacious buildings on a mature wooded site and its location on the Shore Road at Whitehouse allows easy access on foot, and by public transport from the Greater Newtownabbey area, Greenisland and Belfast.
School in the Community
The school has become an important part of the surrounding community and the greatest majority of adolescents from the near Rathcoole Estate attend the school.Recently the School has had to donate a section of the building to keep the neighbouring Whitehouse Primary School
Whitehouse Primary School
The Whitehouse Primary School is a primary school in Newtownabbey. It was destroyed in an arson attack on 18 July 2009. After the school was destroyed, all its students were admitted into the Newtownabby High School...
running until the School was rebuilt due to being demolished after an arson attack.
Newtownabbey Community High School, also had an arson attack 4 years ago which involved the Music Room and the Special Needs room being destroyed and causing a lot of smoke damage to the Assembly Hall and the other Class Rooms.
Curriculum
In line with the Northern Ireland Education Order, Newtownabbey Community High offers each child a broad and balanced curriculum. Key Stage 3 offers a wide range of subjects including : Mathematics, Technology, Science, Music, Languages (French and Spanish), English, Learning for Life & Work, PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education), ICT, Physical Education, Art, Home Economics, Religious Education, History, Geography, Drama, and the building also contains a Hair Salon.With Key Stage 4 and GCSE the School also supports a Careers Experience programme in which pupils can get experience by working a 1 week long apprenticeship or if they choose the Army they will get 1 week in the Military then they will be able to do an apprenticeship for the following week.