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Tribute to Mr Richard Finlay

It is with great sadness that I must inform you of the death of our former Principal and friend Mr Richard Finlay BA MSc, who passed away on the evening of 14th December after a short illness. Mr Finlay was educated at Methodist College Belfast before taking an Arts degree at Queens University Belfast, with […]

Early Closure Information

Pupils will finish early on the following dates: Monday 18 December at 1.15 pm for Year 11 Parent Consultation Wednesday 20 December at 12.15 pm for the Christmas Holidays School starts on Thursday 4 January 2024 for all pupils. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Glenlola Collegiate.

Glenlola125

As part of our 125th anniversary celebrations in June 2023 we dusted off our archive material and shared some highlights in an exhibition in North Down Museum. If you are a past pupil, your mother, grandmother, great grandmother attended Glenlola and have a special artefact or precious part of the uniform packed away, and you […]

Christmas Craft and Gift Fair

Glenlola Collegiate School will be hosting a ‘Christmas Craft & Gift Fair’ on Saturday 2nd December 2023 from 10am to 4pm. There are a few remaining spaces for craft fair stalls. If you or anyone you know, would like a stall at our event, please complete the attached booking form and return with a cheque payable to ‘Glenlola Collegiate School’ by 22nd September 2023. Please contact the […]

Show Jumping Success

On Saturday 14 October the Glenlola Collegiate Show Jumping Team secured first place in the meter class at the inter-schools show jumping competition at the Meadows Equestrian Centre, in a very competitive class. The 3 girls, Poppy, Scarlet and Asya, all rode brilliantly, recording a time of 89.77 seconds. Congratulations, girls!    

Tennis Champions

Glenlola Ciollegiate’s Minor Tennis Team are the  the new Ulster Schools’ Minor Tennis Champions! They defeated Methodist College Belfast yesterday in a fantastic final – winning 6-0 in matches and only giving away 1 game overall. An incredible achievement! The Junior Tennis Team were runners up in the Junior Shield against Killicolmaine Junior High – […]

Tribute to Donald Hayes

It was with sadness that the School received news that Donald Hayes, a former Vice Principal at Glenlola Collegiate, passed away at the weekend. Donald who was known to some fellow teachers as ‘Joelie’,  joined the School in 1960 as the first male teacher of Mathematics, and made learning as entertaining as possible for his […]