Coleraine Academical Institution
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| Motto | CAI "Commitment and Achievement with Integrity" |
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| Established | 1860 |
| Closed | 2015 |
| Type | Voluntary Grammar |
| Headteacher | Dr. David Carruthers 2007–2015 |
| Location |
Castlerock Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT51 3LA Northern Ireland |
| Local authority | NEELB |
| Students | c. 750 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Houses | White, Hunter, Huston, Clarke, Henry, McNeill |
| Colours | Maroon, White and Navy |
| Publication | "The Inst" - School Magazine |
| Affiliations | HMC |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 55°08′10″N 6°41′10″W / 55.136°N 6.686°W
Coleraine Academical Institution (CAI), styled locally as Coleraine Inst, was a voluntary grammar school for boys, situated in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Coleraine Academical Institution occupied a 70-acre (280,000 m2) site on the Castlerock Road, where it was founded in 1860. It was, for many years, a boarding school until the boarding department closed in 1999. It was one of eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The school had an enrolment of 778 pupils, aged 11–19, as of 2012. The school was generally regarded for its high academic standards and extensive sporting facilities, including 33-acre (130,000 m2) playing fields, indoor swimming pool, boat house, rugby pavilion, sports pavilion and gymnasium. The school has an extensive past pupil organisation, "The Coleraine Old Boys' Association", which has several branches across the world.
Coleraine Inst was nine times winner of the Ulster Schools Cup, the world's second oldest rugby competition. The school competed in the competition every year since 1876.
As part of a general reorganization of schools in the Belfast area over a number of years, Coleraine Academical Institute was merged in September 2015 with Coleraine High School on Coleraine's Lodge Road and became a fully boys' and girls' grammar school called Coleraine Grammar School.
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