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Rockport School

Coordinates: 54°39′54″N 5°46′23″W / 54.665°N 5.773°W / 54.665; -5.773
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54°39′54″N 5°46′23″W / 54.665°N 5.773°W / 54.665; -5.773

Rockport School
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TypeIndependent school; day and boarding
MottoVirtus Repulsae Nescia Sordidae
Established1906
HeadmasterGeorge Vance
ColoursGreen and White    
Age Range3 to 18
Websiterockportschool.com
Greens v Whites: Inter-House Tennis at Rockport School
Rockport School: A Round Square School

Rockport School is an independent day and boarding school for boys and girls from 2.5 years to 18 years in the British Public School tradition. It is situated in 25 acres (10 ha) of woodland on the shore of Belfast Lough in Craigavad, near Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, between Belfast and Bangor.[1]

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The school was founded in 1906[2] by Geoffrey Bing of Rossall School and Keble College, Oxford, with the original aim to "prepare boys for the Public Schools and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth". Bing was 29 and had taught previously in St George's, Broadstairs and at St Andrew's School, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells. Rockport began with only four boys, an assistant master and a matron but quickly grew in size. The school now has around 300 pupils and accepts both boys and girls from the age of 3 until 18 (A Level)[2] as day or boarding pupils. The school celebrated its centenary year in 2006 by building a new arts centre.[citation needed]

The Headmaster is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), and the school is represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC). In January 2014, the school became the first school in Ireland, north or south, to be granted regional membership of the international conference of Round Square Schools. Global membership of Round Square was conferred upon the school in March 2016. In September 2016 Rockport established the first school-based Golf Academy in Ireland.

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References

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  1. ^ "Independent Schools UK". Archived from the original on 25 March 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Boarding NI". Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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