Bloomfield Collegiate School is a controlled grammar school for girls in Ballyhackamore in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
History Bloomfield was founded in 1905, one of a number of private school foundations of that era. It was originally proprietary (owned by the headmistress), co-educational, and accepted boarding students. It discontinued co-education in 1915.
House system Bloomfield has a house system consisting of four houses named after previous headmistresses: Clarke, Curran, Spencer and Walker. The houses are each represented by four colours: blue (Clarke), red (Curran), green (Spencer), and yellow (Walker).
Notable former pupils
Grace Bannister, Ulster Unionist politician and first lady Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1 June 1981 – 1 June 1982 Christine Bleakley,"belfastlive-1"> television presenter Gemma Garrett, Miss Great Britain 2008 Thaddea Graham, actress Naomi Long, politician in Northern Ireland and leader of the Alliance Party Joan Lingard, novelist Elaine Shemilt, artist and university professor
References
External links Bloomfield Collegiate website