Down High School
| Down High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Strangford Road , , BT30 6SL | |
| Information | |
| Type | Controlled Grammar school |
| Motto | Nothing achieved without effort Floreat Dunum (May Down flourish) |
| Established | 1933 |
| Status | Open |
| Local authority | Education Authority |
| Principal | Mrs M. Perry |
| Teaching staff | 84 |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 953 (2024/25) |
| Capacity | 934 |
| Houses | Down Lecale Rathkeltair Mourne Strangford |
| Colour | |
| Nickname | DHS Green High Down High |
| Alumni | Old Dunamians |
| Website | http://www.downhighschool.org.uk |
Down High School is a controlled co-educational grammar school located in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school has students from the ages of eleven to eighteen in the senior school; there are 953 students (2024/25).
On 21 July 2014, John O'Dowd, the education minister, approved a development proposal to close the preparatory department of Down High School and it closed on 30 June 2014. There are roughly 250 pupils studying A-levels in the sixth form. In July 2015, some £20 million was granted by the education minister to begin the new build project in 2017.