Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College

Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College is a secondary school located in Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland.HistoryThe school was formed as part of a merger between the Bangor High for Girls school and Gransha High for Boys school. The name for the newly formed school was Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College. Mr. AWJ Hyndman was appointed to be the school's first Principal.The 2 schools officially merged in 2001, it was decided to locate the Junior year groups, years 8, 9, and 10 at the Gransha Road campus, the Senior year groups, years 11, 12 and Sixth Form were based at the Castle Street campus.It was announced on 1 March 2001 by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland that a new school campus was to be built to accommodate 1,650 pupils with an investment package totalling £21 million.All year groups moved into the new school building located on the Castle Park Road in 2008.Principals’Principal, Mr. M Pitts, BA (Hons), PGCE, NPQH,The Board of Governors announced to school staff on 25 March 2014 that Mr. Matthew Pitts, former Principal of Wellington College, Belfast, accepted the post of Principal. Mr. Pitts officially began his Principalship at Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College on 1 September 2014.2001-2014, Mr AWJ Hyndman, BA, DASE, MEd, Cert Ed,Mr. AWJ officially announced his intentions to retire from his Principalship during a staff meeting on Tuesday 26 March 2013. During his time as Principal, Mr AWJ Hyndman successfully merged both the Gransha High for Boys and Bangor High for Girls schools into the now Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College, and lead the school into one of the most recognizable buildings in the North Down area with state of the art teaching facilities and accommodation. The school has evolved into one of the largest schools in Northern Ireland achieving many accolades, improving standards and examination results. Mr AWJ Hyndman left the school on 31 August 2014, ending his Principalship of 14 years at Bangor Academy and Sixth Form College.