Downshire School
Downshire School is a co-educational, 11-18 controlled secondary school in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on Downshire Road. It opened in 1977 and currently has an enrolment of 803 pupils and 59 teachers. Downshire is a Specialist School in Business Studies and Enterprise with Sport.The school includes twenty general classrooms occupied by the English, Drama, Media Studies, Mathematics, Business Studies, Social Studies, French, Special Educational Needs and Religious Education Departments.Two Computer Suites, two Music Rooms with separate sound-proofed Practice Rooms, a Business Studies room with Computer network facility, six Science rooms, Animal House and Art Block with Dark Room, Technology and Design block consisting of three multi-material manufacturing rooms, one systems/multi manufacturing room, one systems design room and three planning areas.Two Home Economics rooms, a careers area, Library, Lecture Theatre with Drama area, a cafeteria, a sports block with Sports Hall, Minor Games Area, Social Area, Coffee Bar, Committee Room, Changing and Shower rooms.Externally there are extensive playing fields with three all weather pitches and two grass pitches and a Garden area.Downshire also has a youth club which operates weekdays Monday-Thursday. The club boasts many activities such as trampolining and football.Notable former pupilsPast pupils include the Cool FM & Downtown Radio presenter ( formally Belfast CityBeat and Young Star Search host) Stuart Robinson who attended from 1990–1995, Total Wipeout USA winner Neil Snowling, Actor Andrew CJ Simpson - The A team ;Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2010 (background extra-scene 28 @ 36.04 mins)
