Newtownabbey Community High School
Newtownabbey Community High School was a secondary school in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.
Newtownabbey Community High School, founded in 1994, was a controlled, co-educational school providing secondary level education. The school was situated on Rathcoole Drive in the Rathcoole estate.
The school was under the administration of the North Eastern Education and Library Board until 2015 when the Education and Library Boards system was changed to newly-formed Education Authority months prior to the schools closure.
School in the community
After the nearby Whitehouse Primary School was destroyed in an arson attack, the high school donated part of their building to keep the primary school running until it was rebuilt.The High School also had an arson attack on 30 July 2006 which destroyed the two classrooms and damaged other rooms.
The school was featured in a 2012 data analysis of schools in Northern Ireland by The Guardian, where 86.5% of the pupils were Protestant, 3.0% were Catholic, and 10.4% were from an 'other' community background.
Curriculum
The High School contained a Hair Salon which was operated by students.GCSE students were offered a Careers Experience programme where pupils could get experience by working a one week long apprenticeship or one week in the Military followed by a one week apprenticeship.