Principal Raymon Treasure reflects on the previous year, our resilience during the pandemic and the resumption of face to face class.
Principal of York Castle High School teaches us how to persevere despite difficulties to make our dreams a successful reality.
The York Castle High School located in Brown’s Town, St. Ann is a seven year grant aided Methodist co-educational secondary school that serves the educational needs of students from approximately four parishes (St. Ann, St. Mary, Clarendon and Trelawny). The majority of our students are placed via placement tests from Public Primary, Private Preparatory and Junior High Schools. York Castle offers to our students a Ministry of Education supervised and accredited national curriculum from Grade 7–9, and a regional curriculum from Grade 10-13. The geographical region served by the school enjoys a diversified economic base which includes activities such as Agriculture, Mining, Tourism and Commerce. The student body is culturally diverse with a population that is predominantly working class and middle class with a racial composition that includes: Africans, Mixed Races, Chinese and Indians.