Bloomfield Collegiate School

Bloomfield Collegiate School
Location
Information
Established	1905;120 years ago (1905)
Gender	Mixed (1905 - 1915) Girls (1915 - present)
Houses	Clarke   Curran   Spencer   Walker

Bloomfield Collegiate School is a controlled grammar school for girls in Ballyhackamore in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ^[1]

History

Bloomfield was founded in 1905, one of a number of private school foundations of that era. It was originally proprietary (owned by the headmistress), co-educational, and accepted boarding students. It discontinued co-education in 1915. ^[2]

House system

Bloomfield has a house system consisting of four houses named after previous headmistresses: Clarke, Curran, Spencer and Walker. The houses are each represented by four colours: blue (Clarke), red (Curran), green (Spencer), and yellow (Walker).

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Bloomfield Collegiate School

• Grace Bannister, ^[3] Ulster Unionist politician and first lady Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1 June 1981 – 1 June 1982
• Christine Bleakley, ^[4] television presenter
• Gemma Garrett, ^[5] Miss Great Britain 2008
• Thaddea Graham, ^[6] actress
• Naomi Long, ^[7] politician in Northern Ireland and leader of the Alliance Party
• Joan Lingard, ^[8] novelist
• Elaine Shemilt, ^[9] artist and university professor

References

1. "Bloomfield Collegiate School Website". Bloomfield Collegiate School. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
2. "Bloomfield Collegiate School History". 15 December 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
3. Grace Bannister OBE, 19 November 2017}}
4. "belfastlive-1">Smith, Ryan (28 March 2017). "Which Belfast schools did these celebrities go to?". belfastlive. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
5. "People thought Gemma Garrett looked great as Miss GB, but she was 'binge drinking, going on crash diets and so unhealthy'". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6. McNeilly, Claire (24 September 2020). "Young Northern Ireland actress Thaddea Graham the star of new BBC drama Us". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
7. Graham, Seanín (4 December 2017). "Alliance Party leader Naomi Long lifts lid on illness she hid for 20 years, in hope of helping others". The Irish News. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
8. "Joan Lingard". Culture Northern Ireland. 21 July 2005. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
9. "SSA". archive.is. 11 September 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

External links

• Bloomfield Collegiate website

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