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Orangefield High School is a secondary school
Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place....
 in East Belfast, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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. Formerly Orangefield Boys School and Orangefield Girls School, it is now coeducational.

Notable alumni of the Boys' School include Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
, Brian Keenan
Brian Keenan (hostage)

Brian Keenan is an Irish writer whose work includes the book An Evil Cradling, an account of the four-and-a-half years he spent as a hostage in Beirut, Lebanon from 11 April 1986 to 24 August 1990....
, David Ervine
David Ervine

David Ervine was a Northern Ireland politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party ....
, Gerald Dawe
Gerald Dawe

Gerald Dawe is a Northern Ireland writer and poet.GERALD DAWEBorn April 22, 1952Occupation Poet and writerNationality IrelandWriting period 1978-present...
, Walter Ellis
Walter Ellis

Walter Ellis is a Northern Ireland-born, United States-based writer.Ellis is the author of The Beginning of the End: The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood, the story of his early life in Belfast, Durham, Cork , and Brussels, and his uneasy relationship with his cousin, Ronnie Bunting....
 and Ronnie Bunting
Ronnie Bunting

Ronnie Bunting was an Irish republican and socialist activist in Ireland. He became a member of the Official IRA in the early 1970s and was a founder member of the Irish National Liberation Army group from 1974....
.

Orangefield High has hosted recent Formals with Castle High School. Images from these formals can be found on Castle High's website at .

Orangefield High School has a student population of approximately 560 pupils from ages 11 through 18.






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Orangefield High School is a secondary school
Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place....
 in East Belfast, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
. Formerly Orangefield Boys School and Orangefield Girls School, it is now coeducational.

Notable alumni of the Boys' School include Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
, Brian Keenan
Brian Keenan (hostage)

Brian Keenan is an Irish writer whose work includes the book An Evil Cradling, an account of the four-and-a-half years he spent as a hostage in Beirut, Lebanon from 11 April 1986 to 24 August 1990....
, David Ervine
David Ervine

David Ervine was a Northern Ireland politician and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party ....
, Gerald Dawe
Gerald Dawe

Gerald Dawe is a Northern Ireland writer and poet.GERALD DAWEBorn April 22, 1952Occupation Poet and writerNationality IrelandWriting period 1978-present...
, Walter Ellis
Walter Ellis

Walter Ellis is a Northern Ireland-born, United States-based writer.Ellis is the author of The Beginning of the End: The Crippling Disadvantage of a Happy Irish Childhood, the story of his early life in Belfast, Durham, Cork , and Brussels, and his uneasy relationship with his cousin, Ronnie Bunting....
 and Ronnie Bunting
Ronnie Bunting

Ronnie Bunting was an Irish republican and socialist activist in Ireland. He became a member of the Official IRA in the early 1970s and was a founder member of the Irish National Liberation Army group from 1974....
.

Orangefield High has hosted recent Formals with Castle High School. Images from these formals can be found on Castle High's website at .

Orangefield High School has a student population of approximately 560 pupils from ages 11 through 18. This means that the school has a Lower and Upper Sixth. The school offers a wide range of subjects from compulsory such as English
English studies

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, Mathematics
Mathematics

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, Science
Science

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 that are required through years 8-12. The school also offers other subjects such as technology
Technology

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 and design, home economics
Home Economics

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, information computer technology, media
Media studies

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, music
Music

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, geography
Geography

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, history
HIStory

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, business studies
Business studies

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, physical education
Physical education

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 and religious education
Religious education

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. The school educates pupils of many different ethnic origins and races. Although the school is predominately of the Protestant community, they also accept pupils from other countries such as South Africa
South Africa

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, Denmark
Denmark

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 & Poland
Poland

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. There are about 30-40 members of staff.

The school's main competitor for pupils is local Ashfield Girls and Ashfield Boys.

History

Orangefield has had a long history with the local Protestant community, with many local celebrities and international icons having been educated at the school. The most famous former student is Van Morrison. Morrison wrote a song entitled "Orangefield
Orangefield (song)

"Orangefield" is a song written by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison and released on his 1989 album Avalon Sunset. The song takes place on "a golden Autumn day" and is named for the school for boys that Morrison attended during his youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
" and included it on his 1989 Avalon Sunset
Avalon Sunset

Avalon Sunset is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1989 The January 29, 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains an alternative take of "Whenever God Shines His Light" and a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" with additional lyrics by Morrison....
. He also referred to his school days in Orangefield in the songs "Got To Go Back" (1986 album No Guru, No Method, No Teacher) and "On Hyndford Street" on his 1991 album Hymns to the Silence
Hymns to the Silence

Hymns to the Silence is a double album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1991 It peaked at No. 5 in the UK. It was his first ever studio double album....
. John Malone was the headmaster in the 1960's.

Location

Some of the older school buildings are still in use today, although the original boys school building is now unused. The new buildings added throughout the years have brought together the girls and boys schools with additional add ons such a dedicated science wing built in 1991 and a reception area added on to the school building. The school shares the area with other local schools, Grosvenor Grammar School
Grosvenor Grammar School

Grosvenor Grammar School is a coeducation controlled grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This co-educational, inter-denominational grammar school, with an increasingly multi-cultural population and outlook, has a caring ethos, friendly pupils and a dedicated staff of 73 full-time teachers, working to ensure that their young people ac...
 and Orangefield Primary and was built in an area away from the local area of Orby in the corner, creating a very quiet and wildlife
Wildlife

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 friendly school.

School Houses (Boys)

There were 4 school houses during the period to 1974 (linked to local businesses with respective colours) - Davidson (red), Hughes (blue), Musgrave (green) and Bryson ?? (yellow). The Musgrave company then went bankrupt and another business was recruited to take over which became o`neill house

Integration of sexes

During 1972 to 1974, a couple of girls from 6th & Upper 6th Girls school shared classes with the Boys school and lessons were undertaken in what was known as the 'new' block.

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