Cambridge House Grammar School

Cambridge House Grammar School is a mixed grammar school in the County Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, within the North Eastern Region of the Education Authority.

General
The school is located in the Galgorm Road area of the town at a mature site surrounded by gardens and playing fields comprising almost. The main school buildings are contemporary and the campus was refurbished in 2001 prior to the opening of the new school. The Technology and Design Suite building is the most recent addition to the school. The school also includes a separate Drama and Music annexe ( the former preparatory department) and a self-contained, Sixth Form Centre complete with both private and communal study areas, a common room and a coffee shop.

The House System
Cambridge House Grammar School (CHGS) is split into six houses (there having previously been four in the former Cambridge House Boy's Grammar School- Adair, Eaton, Raphael and Chichester), and the pastoral care of each pupil is enforced by this system. The house system is based on patrons who are successful in a wide range of expertise, such as music, sports, business, science and the Arts. The ethos behind the house system is that each pupil can relate to a smaller unit within the school and have a sense of identity in such a large school. House Captains are elected in Year 14.

The houses, and their original patrons, are listed below.


 * Jones House: Marie Jones, Belfast born playwright.
 * Burnell House:	Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, physicist.
 * Bell House: George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE, musician.
 * Abercorn House: Sacha, Duchess of Abercorn, OBE
 * Patton House: David Patton, local businessman.
 * Robinson House: Brian Robinson, former Ulster and Ireland rugby player and past pupil.

Notable former pupils

 * Adrian McCoubrey, professional cricketer, held the office of Deputy Head Boy 1997/98
 * Brian Robinson, rugby player, Irish international
 * Jamie Smith, Current Ulster Rugby Full-back, Jamie completed five years at the school
 * Carol Graham, contemporary artist.