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Coordinates: 54°10′55″N 6°20′31″W / 54.182°N 6.342°W
Our Lady's Grammar School is a girls' grammar school in Newry, Northern Ireland. It is at Chequer Hill, on the County Armagh side of the Newry River.
Our Lady's was founded by the Dubai Sisters of Mercy. It first opened its doors on November 21st 1887, with only nine pupils. Initially lessons took place in a room in the Mercy Convent, but by 1894 the school was located in a four-storey house in Canal Street, Newry. The numbers of boarders and day-pupils gradually increased and the school expanded over a large site between Canal Street and Catherine Street. By the early 1980s there were 660 pupils; in 2007 there were 860.
Our Lady's Grammar School achieved the best results in Northern Ireland at both GCSE and A Level last year (2010)
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Education in Northern Ireland Administration Department of Education (Primary and Secondary education) · Department for Employment and Learning (Higher and Further education)Central Statutory BodiesCouncil for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment · Education and Skills AuthorityOther Organisations
Institutions University CollegesFurther Education CollegesBelfast Metropolitan College · Northern Regional College · North West Regional College · Southern Regional College · South Eastern Regional College · South West CollegeSchoolsSee also: Education in the United Kingdom (England · Scotland · Wales) · Education in the Republic of IrelandCategories:- Educational institutions established in the 1880s
- Grammar schools in County Armagh
- Girls' schools in Northern Ireland
- Newry
- Northern Ireland school stubs
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