Movilla High School

Movilla High School is a controlled, co-educational day high school with a five form entry situated on the Donaghadee Road in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. Mr I G Bell is principal.

Pastoral Structure

Each one of the school's pupils is assigned to one of the four Houses: Victoria, Londonderry, Castle or Glen. Pupils attend House assemblies, taken by the Head of House, wears a house ties and competes in various inter-house competitions which can be sporting or non-sporting.

In the news

In October 2008, 25 teachers at the school went on strike over an incident of a pupil assaulting a member of the school's teaching staff.[1]

Famous Former Student

Martyn Irvine - Professional Cyclist - won gold at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Scratch race and silver in the Individual Pursuit [2]

References
  1. "UK | Northern Ireland | Teachers strike over pupil attack". BBC News. 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. "Martyn Irvine's long and winding road to the summit". Belfast Telegraph. 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2013-02-24.


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