Quaker school best in Northern Ireland

Friends School, Lisburn, named the top secondary school in Northern Ireland

by Ian Kirk-Smith 25th November 2011

Friends School, Lisburn, has been named the top secondary school in Northern Ireland in the prestigious Sunday Times Schools’ Guide. It was founded in 1774 and has grown from a boarding school for thirty Quaker children to a thriving state grammar school with 980 students in the senior school and a preparatory department of 150 pupils.