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Foyle and Londonderry College
Established 1617
Type Grammar School
Religious affiliation Non-Denominational
Headmaster W. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries J. Magill
Founder Mathias Springham
Location Duncreggan Road
Derry
County Londonderry
BT48 0AW
Northern Ireland
Students 960
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Houses Lawrence, Duncreggan, Springham, Northlands
School colours Maroon, Blue & White
Publication FALCON- Foyle And Londonderry College Official News
Board of Governors Reperesentatives from The Honourable The Irish Society, Department of Education, Foundation, Presbytery of Derry and Strabane, Diocese of Derry and Raphoe (Church of Ireland), University of Ulster, Old Boy's Association, Old Girl's Association, Staff & Parents. Mathias Springham, was a British merchant who was involved with the Plantation of Ulster. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Honourable The Irish Society was the organisation created by royal charter consisting of members nominated by Livery companies of the City of London, set up to The Department of Education ( DE) ( Irish: An Roinn Oideachais, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Lear) is a Devolved Presbyterian polity is a method of Church governance typified by the rule of assemblies of Presbyters or elders The University of Ulster ( UU; Ollscoil Uladh is a multi-centre University located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the
Website FALC
Coordinates: 56°27′46″N 2°58′23″W / 56.4628, -2.9730

Foyle and Londonderry College (or FALC) is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in the city of Derry, Northern Ireland. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of It is named after the two schools that merged in 1976 by virtue of the Foyle and Londonderry College Act 1976 (Foyle College and Londonderry High School). The school is a member of the Independent Schools Council of the United Kingdom and also the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The Independent Schools Council (ISC is a Non-profit organisation that represents 1271 schools in the United Kingdom 's independent education sector The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 242 leading day and boarding independent schools in The current headmaster is Jack Magill, who succeeded Hugh Gillespie in September 1994. Headmaster redirects here For the type of Transformers please see Headmaster (Transformers. Vice-Principals are Mr J H McNee, Dr Pat Carson, and Mrs E L Caulfied. There is a total student body of around 960 with a teaching staff of 57.

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Current

FALC is a split site school. The two campuses are; the Junior School (ages 11-14) located in Springtown, and the Senior School (ages 14-18) located in Duncreggan.

As a Grammar School it admits pupils based on academic selection. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries However, nowadays, in order to fill its quota, it accepts children achieving a D grade, the lowest mark, in their Transfer Test. In the United Kingdom the Eleven Plus or Transfer Test is an Examination administered to some students in their last year of primary education [1]

All the core subjects as well as a number of options are offered up until the end of Key Stage 3 in the Springtown Campus. Pupils then transfer to the Senior School at Duncreggan and sit GCSEs. The General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE) is the name of an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject generally taken in a number of subjects by With good grades, pupils have the option to study AS and A2 levels in the Sixth Form. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales,

The official religious affiliation of the school is non-denominational. It is anticipated that the school will move to a new location on the Limavady Road in the Waterside area of the city in 2011.

Houses

Pupils are assigned to one of four houses in the first year. Houses are primarily for Sports Day and inter-house sports tournaments. The school tie has a coloured diagonal stripes which indicates the pupil's house.

Lawrence (Mrs. Peacock)
- Named in honour of notable alumnus John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence. John Laird Mair Lawrence 1st Baron Lawrence, GCB, GCSI, PC ( 4 March 1811 &ndash 27 June 1879) was an Irishman

Duncreggan (Miss Scarlet)
- Representing Duncreggan House, where the current senior school is located i. e. the site of the pre-amalgamation Londonderry High School.

Springham (Colonel Mustard)
- Named in honour of the founder of the Free Grammar School in Londonderry, Mathias Springham. Mathias Springham, was a British merchant who was involved with the Plantation of Ulster.

Northlands (Reverend Green)
- The area in Londonderry where the current junior school is located i. e. the site of the pre-amalgamation Foyle College.

Buildings & amenities

The Junior School at Springtown.
The Junior School at Springtown.
The Senior School at Duncreggan
The Senior School at Duncreggan

The Junior and Senior Schools are both well equipped, enabling staff to adopt the most effective teaching methods. In the Senior School there are six science laboratories plus two computer suites, a technology suite, art and design suite, music suite, home economics room, business studies suite including computer room, study hall, library, upper Sixth social centre, lower Sixth social centre, sports hall and twenty-two general classrooms. The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution Drama and musical performances take place in the assembly hall. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance.

In the Junior School the library, two information technology suites and technology Suite are well established while the science laboratories have been completely refurbished. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Home economics, art and music rooms have been renovated. Family and consumer sciences is an academic discipline that combines aspects of social and natural science Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. There are fourteen general classrooms, a fully equipped gymnasium and assembly hall. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium

Serving the 30 acres of school grounds are two pavilions at Springtown where there are rugby union pitches, cricket pitches, tennis courts and an all‑weather hockey and athletics ground. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick The Senior School has a hockey pitch and tennis courts. Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick A tennis court is where the game of Tennis is played It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center

History

Foyle College and Londonderry High School, (now Foyle and Londonderry College), have been providing education for young people in the Derry area and further afield for over 375 years. In October, 2007 the school celebrated its 390th anniversary with a plaque of every Headmaster of the school since 1617.

Foyle College

The Foyle College school crest.
The Foyle College school crest.

Foyle College traces its origins to 1617 and the establishment of the Free Grammar School at Society Street within the city walls of Derry by Mathias Springham of the Merchant Taylors' Company of London. Mathias Springham, was a British merchant who was involved with the Plantation of Ulster. The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The original building had the following Latin inscription over the main doorway: 'Mathias Springham, A. R. ad honorem dei et bonarum, literarum propogationem, hanc scholam fundavit anno salutis, M. D. C. XVII'. The Free School was built to "the honour of God and the spreading of good literature"

The school received no endowment from that Company or from The Honorable The Irish Society (the body charged with the plantation of the County of Londonderry in the 17th century). The Honourable The Irish Society was the organisation created by royal charter consisting of members nominated by Livery companies of the City of London, set up to There followed an on-going dispute between the Irish Society and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry as to who had the authority to appoint the headmaster. The Church of Ireland (Eaglais na hÉireann is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating across the island of Ireland. The former because one of its representatives had founded the school and the latter because it held the school to be one of the diocesan grammar schools provided for by statute. This was only resolved in the early 19th century by Act of Parliament.

The old school within the city walls eventually outlived its usefulness, and in 1814 came the move to the newly-erected and well-proportioned Georgian building set on a height above the Strand outside the city walls, designed by the architect, John Bowden (who had also designed the Courthouse in Derry, St George's Church, High Street, Belfast and St Stephen's Church ('the peppercanister church'), Mount Street, Dublin. The school took the name 'Foyle College' in 1814. The story goes that one of the boarders, George Fletcher Moore, proposed to the other pupils 'to christen the new school, Foyle College' which was seconded and carried with repeated 'acclamations'. George Fletcher Moore ( 10 December 1798 – 30 December 1886) was a prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia

For 30 years, from 1868, Foyle College had to compete with a vigorous rival in the Londonderry Academical Institution. This school, established by a body of influential local merchants, moved in 1871 from East Wall to a new site in Academy Road. The Honourable The Irish Society, which contributed to the funds of both schools, proposed a scheme of amalgamation, and negotiations finally resulted in the passing of the Foyle College Act in 1896, the united school retaining the name and with it claiming the traditions of the older school. The Honourable The Irish Society was the organisation created by royal charter consisting of members nominated by Livery companies of the City of London, set up to Foyle then had the use of the buildings at Lawrence Hill and Academy Road.

Following the Second World War, and as a consequence of the many changes brought about by the 1947 Education Act, the Governors acquired a site at Springtown on Northland Road, overlooking the school playing‑fields, to build a new school. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This was opened on 2 May 1968 by His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Duke of Kent is a title which has been created various times in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, most recently as a royal dukedom for the fourth

Londonderry High School

The school crest of Londonderry High School
The school crest of Londonderry High School

Like Foyle College, Londonderry High School owed its existence to the merging of two independent institutions. The first of these, the Ladies' Collegiate School, was set up in 1877 by the Misses McKillip - pioneers in the movement for higher education for women in Ireland. Their vision and drive resulted in the starting of a school at 11 Queen Street. Two further moves saw the renamed Victoria High School located in Crawford Square, where boarding and day pupils were accommodated. The nearby Northlands School of Housewifery (1908) was associated with Victoria High School.

At the top of Lawrence Hill, Miss J. Kerr had opened St. Lurach's College circa 1900 - this school also took boarders. Strand House School (1860) closed during the First World War and the girls mostly went to Victoria or St. Lurach's. In 1922 Victoria High School and St. Lurach's amalgamated to form Londonderry High School. By 1928 Duncreggan, formerly the home of the late William Tillie, H. M. L. , had been purchased and the boarders were transferred there from St. Lurach's.

In the immediate post-war period there was an ever-growing need for increased educational facilities. The high point of an ambitious and forward-looking programme was undoubtedly the opening of the new £150,000 building extensions between Duncreggan House and Dunseveric. The new buildings were opened by Her Grace the Duchess of Abercorn in May 1962, and on the same day the then Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education announced that a new block would be erected to house the Preparatory Department, and this followed in 1964. The title Duke of Abercorn (pronounced "Avercorn" was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton 2nd Marquess of Abercorn The Department of Education ( DE) ( Irish: An Roinn Oideachais, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Lear) is a Devolved

Eventually the girls joined the boys of Foyle College Preparatory Department which moved into these premises in 1974, and so anticipated the later amalgamation under the Foyle and Londonderry College Act of 1976, resulting in the first co-educational Grammar School in Derry. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries

The school Preparatory Department closed in 2003.

Extracurricular

Action from a FALC rugby match, Jan 2005.
Action from a FALC rugby match, Jan 2005.
A scene from the 2005 school production of Me and My Girl.
A scene from the 2005 school production of Me and My Girl.

Sport

The most popular sports in the school include rugby union (which has seen 2 tours to Australia and South Pacific) and hockey (which toured to Barcelona in 2006). Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia The rugby team (as Foyle College) has twice won the Ulster Schools Cup; in 1915 beating Royal School Armagh and in 1900 beating Methodist College Belfast. The Royal School Armagh is a co-educational voluntary Grammar school in the city of Armagh, Northern Ireland. History The school was founded in 1865 by the Methodist Church in Ireland for the education of children of Methodist ministers and opened three years later It has also been a runner up on three occasions. Foyle and Londonderry College's most recent rugby silverware was won in the 2007/08 season; FALC defeated Cambridge house at Ravenhill to win the Ulster Schools Bowl to win this competition for the 2nd time in 3years after beating Limavady Grammar in the 2005/06 season again at Ravenhill. In hockey, the school has won the Ulster Cup once and reached the final on two other occasions. They won the Plate in 2006, and again in 2007. Cricket is the main summer sport. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries In 2003 FALC won the Ulster Bank Schools' Cup defeating local rivals Strabane Grammar by two wickets. The Headmaster has popularised the sport of fencing within the school, producing UK and Irish champions. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand Hunting is also a popular sport within the school. Each year the school particpates in local skeet shooting competitions, it is customary for all pupils to own a blunderbuss after admission to the school.

Music

The school also has a well earned reputation for musical excellence. The choir compete at the annual Sainbury's School Choir of the Year and never fail to do well. FALC's musical productions are always a highlight for pupils, parents and staff as months of preparation pay off. Past shows have included Annie, Calamity Jane, The Mikado, Bugsy Malone and most recently Me and My Girl. Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray Comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane ( May 1 1852 &ndash August 1 1903) was a Frontierswoman The Mikado, or The Town of Titipu, is a Comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and Libretto by W Bugsy Malone is a 1976 Musical film, very loosely based on events in Chicago Illinois in the Prohibition era specifically the Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L

FALC also has a thriving Combined Cadet Force (CCF). The Combined Cadet Force (CCF is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom.

Notable alumni

References

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