Welcome to Thornhill College. I hope that you find this website informative and interesting. It is designed to provide you with a practical guide to the spirit, ethos and learning culture of Thornhill College.

Thornhill College is an all-girls Catholic Grammar School which emphasises the traditional values of hard work, achievement, enjoyment of learning and service to our community. We plan that students from Thornhill College will display learning and give moral leadership in their spiritual, social and professional lives in the future.

Thornhill College has a long established tradition of achievement, success, and high quality teaching and learning. The special features of our school are:

• Thornhill College is a school for life, dedicated to preparing students to make a significant contribution to society;
•  It is a specialist school in Mathematics and Physics;
  There is an outstanding team of teaching and support staff committed to maximising the potential of every pupil;
• There is a long record of high academic performance and achievement which places Thornhill College in the top performing schools in Northern Ireland;
• The school's pastoral care policy emphasises high self-esteem of the pupils and fosters the relationships with oneself, with other students, with staff, and with the wider world;
• Thornhill College is multicultural in outlook and interacts with young people in other countries and with other cultures;
• The school attracts enthusiastic, well-motivated pupils who have lively enquiring minds, capable of critical and creative thinking;
• Thornhill College is highly regarded by the top universities which actively seek to recruit our students.

"At Thornhill College, we endeavour to meet the needs of every child entrusted to our care. We are proud of our school and of our pupils. Girls who come to Thornhill College can be assured of our dedication and commitment".

Miss Marguerite Hamilton, Principal