Royal School Dungannon

Dungannon, United Kingdom

  • Day & Boarding

  • 1614

  • £ N/A-N/A

    • British

School History & Details

The Royal School is a mixed boarding school in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was one of several 'free schools' established by James I (also known as James VI of Scotland) in 1608 to educate the boys of local merchants and farmers during the planting of Ulster. It was founded at Mountjoy near Lough Neagh in 1614 and then relocated to its current position in 1636. It was started as a boys' school before becoming coed in 1986 when it merged with the Dungannon High School for Girls. It has four'sister' schools: The Royal School, Armagh in Armagh, County Armagh, The Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, The Royal School Cavan in Cavan, and the Royal and Prior School in Raphoe, County Donegal. The original intention was to have a "Royal School" in each of Ireland's counties (James I Order in Council stated, "that there shall be one Free School at least appointed in every County, for the education of youth in learning and religion."), but only five were actually established, with schools planned for other counties never coming to fruition.

    School Values

    The School's motto is 'Perseverando', which translates to 'achieving greatness through perseverance'.

School Achievements

Achievements

GCSE Result  Three of four grades are A*-B from year to year. RSD students often get an average GCSE profile of 9.5 B or 8.5 A grades. Over 90% of RSD students return with at least 7 A*-C grades. Over 95% of RSD students return with at least 5 A*-C grades. A-level Result  At A Level, the results have been impressive, with performance consistently above the average figures for UK and Northern Ireland schools. Every year, 7 out of 10 grades are A*-B, with 9 out of 10 being A*-C. 95% of RSD students in Year 14 attend university, including Oxbridge and the Russell Group of universities. 
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

Students at Royal School have performed and achieved success in numerous sports and music competitions. 
Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

The school has a long list of alumni; here are the names of some of the recent alumni.  The games were held in Partenkirchen, Germany, Erzurum, Turkey in 2011, and Jaca, Spain in 2007. Alexander George Richey (1830-1883), a historian. Joanne Salley (born 1977) is an artist and television presenter. Victor Sloan (b. 1945) is an artist. Robertson Smyth (1879–1916), major RAMC, was an international rugby player for Ireland, the British Isles, and the Barbarians. Frederick Thomas Trouton (1863–1922) was an experimental physicist. James Swanton Waugh (1822–1898) was a Wesleyan pastor in nineteenth-century Australia. Sir Francis Verner Wylie (1891-1970), an Indian civil official. Gerald Francis Yeo (1845-1909), a physiologist.

School Information

The school we know today was created through renovations and new construction between 1999 and 2003. Classrooms are big and well-equipped. There are specialist teaching facilities in the sciences, des...View moreView Less

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Dungannon BT71 6AS, United Kingdom

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Mathematics
  • Art & Design
  • Environmental Management (EVM)
  • English – Language & Literature 
  • Food Preparation & Nutrition
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Social Studies
  • Foreign Languages
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Business Studies
  • History
  • Geography
  • Political Science
  • Accounting
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Physical Education
  • Art & Design
  • English – Language & Literature 
  • Foreign Languages

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