A snapshot of Royal School History: Schools’ Cup winners 1880 Wallace High School’s recent victory in the cup made me search for some of the Royal’s early successes.The accompanying photograph, probably the first showing pupils, was taken in the wake of the school’s fourth win since the cup was first awarded in 1876. Methodist College [...]
Hockey and Rugby Teams Lead RSA to Historic Schools’ Cup Finals The Royal School Armagh is proud to announce a historic achievement in its sporting history, with both the 1st XI Girls' Hockey and 1st XV Rugby teams advancing to their respective Schools' Cup Finals. This remarkable feat underscores the school's commitment to excellence in [...]
Remembrance Service 2024 On Friday, 08 November 2024, guests, staff, and pupils from all year groups gathered in solemn reflection for the school’s annual Remembrance Service, honoring those who serve, have served, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War and in conflicts since. The service welcomed attendees from the [...]
ABC Council Under-18 Volunteer of the Year 2024 Alex was nominated by a parent from Goal Line Youth Trust, one of the groups he volunteers for. He helps adults and children with disabilities to learn life skills and guides them in sports, as well as music and art. Additionally, he volunteers at Ripples Special [...]
Academic Success and Character Celebrated at Royal School Speech Night St Mark’s Parish Church, Armagh was the venue on Thursday 19th September for our annual Speech Night. Following the academic procession, the ceremony was opened with the singing of ‘Love divine, all loves excelling’, and with prayers from the Rector of St Mark’s, Rev. [...]
Senior Prefects 2024 – 2025 Last week, the Head Girl, Head Boy, their deputies, and parents were formally presented with their school badges at the Royal School. Continuing a long-standing tradition, the badges were presented by His Grace, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Reverend John McDowell. The silver badges, symbolising responsibility and [...]
Unveiling the New Sixth Form Common Room There was great expectation at school this morning when the new Sixth Form Common Room was opened for use. Over the summer major refurbishment took place in what was previously an underutilised locker space to develop a high quality, well lit and modern facility as a Sixth Form [...]
Fantastic GCSE achievement at RSA The wait finally ended for Year 12 pupils of The Royal School, Armagh as they collected their GCSE results from staff in the Assembly Hall from 08:30 on Thursday 22 August. As the envelopes were ripped opened hushed nervous conversation quickly turned to sighs of relief and screams [...]
2024 A Level Exam Success at the Royal School Relief, celebration, and a few tears of joy were mingled at the Royal School on Thursday morning as another fine set of A Level results were recorded by pupils. These were the first A Level results since the COVID 19 pandemic where outcomes were matched [...]
Special event for 1608 Royal Schools On Friday the headmaster hosted a lunch for the heads of the 1608 Royal Schools. This is a small group of five schools dotted across Ulster which were created in or around 1608 on the order of King James I. Pictured are (left to right) Dr David Burnett, [...]
