Rockport School A GSG School
- Rockport School
15 Rockport Road
Craigavad
Holywood
County Down
BT18 0DD - Head: George Vance
- T 028 9042 8372
- F 028 9042 2608
- E [email protected]
- W www.rockportschool.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: South Eastern ELB
- Pupils: 265; sixth formers: 40
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £9,390 - £20,325; Boarding £23,040 - £32,970 pa
- Open days: Check website for open events
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A charming, gentle small school on the shores of Belfast Lough which feels like one big family, where ‘there is top-down happiness from the headmaster and staff to the children and everyone seems to be smiling’. Children are encouraged to try new things like kayaking from Rockport’s own beach and sailing from Ballyholme Yacht Club – the school has produced four international sailors and half the Irish team...
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
School associations
Round Square - a network of 40 schools worldwide that share ideals such as internationalism, adventure and service.
Sports
Unusual sports
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2012, George Vance LLB BEd PQHNI. He joined the school in 2007 as deputy head. His teacher training was at Stanmillis University College, part of Queen’s University Belfast, and he read law at the University of Ulster. His first teaching post was at Regent House School, where he would spend 25 years, 22 of them as head of DT. His two great ambitions when he became headmaster were for Rockport to join the Round Square group of schools and to open a sixth form, both now achieved. As a student teacher he read an article by Kurt Hahn which made a lasting impression, and one of the reasons he joined Rockport was because he felt it was a ‘Round Square school in waiting’.
‘He lives and breathes the school,...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | Y |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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