Clare McCleave

Senior Leader: St Genevieve’s High School. NPA🔴⚪️

[Martin Ferguson @MrFerguson85]

It really is strange to hear people talk as though high expectations and strong culture (in NI schs we have talk about ethos) have just been discovered. 🤷🏻

We've been expected to achieve more with less for years! The remarkable thing isn't that expectations are high, but that dedicated staff and sch leaders have sustained them despite staff shortages, chronic underfunding, excessive workload and crumbling infrastructure - and often to their own detriment.

If we moved to a Value-Added approach, we would see the transformative work that occurs in non-selective schools too who have very different intakes and have been striving for the same standards for years, often with fewer advantages and fewer resources.

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

@_stgens @paulgivan Amazing Katie! Lucky to know Katie inside and outside school! What a role model for our pupils! @teresa_belfast

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

We are delighted to introduce our Senior Student Leadership Team for 2026–27! ✅💙 Congratulations to each student selected for these prestigious leadership roles — a truly momentous achievement and recognition of your hard work, dedication, and positive contribution to school 💙

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

A real testament to the wonderful teaching and non-teaching staff we have here in St Gens! 💙💙

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

We can’t wait to welcome all our new members of team St Gen’s and welcome you to your new school community! 💙 #teamstgens #utsintunum @WestBelfastPB

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

After 12 weeks of watching The Apprentice we have our winners 🏆 ! Congratulations Year 13 Business student Eimear and Mrs McAnulty who guessed who would be Alan Sugar’s next apprentice. Eimear wins a £20 gift voucher - maybe one day she will be on The Apprentice! #enterprise

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

@_stgens @StGensPE1 Well done everyone! Great result!

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

Full time in the Ulster Quarter Final and what a performance from St Genevieve’s Camogie team! 💪🔥
A dominant display from start to finish saw the girls secure a fantastic win over St Columba’s Portaferry. @StGensPE1

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

@_stgens Amazing work on display!

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

@_stgens Thank you @Inner_Drive Chantal for this excellent session on Adaptive Teaching! Looking forward to welcoming you back soon

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

@StGensRE1 @_stgens Wow! This is stunning! A very talented artist!

[stgensmusicdept @StgenevieveS]

Day 3 Disneyland Paris and all pupils and staff had a great time in both parks!
Final night in Paris and homeward bound tomorrow!
@stgens

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

We were weighed down with medals coming home and couldn't be prouder 💚
A special mention to Scarlett (Yr.10) and Aoife (Yr.12) who won the cup for best overall pupil in the poetry category 🎉

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

It really does take a village and today I am thankful for all the strong, independent women who are in my life!

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

🌸 International Women’s Day 🌸
Today we celebrate the strength, achievements, and potential of every young woman in our school community. We are proud to nurture confident, capable young women who are empowered to lead, inspire, and make a difference

[Clare McCleave @McCleaveClare]

An emotional week for us in @_stgens this week-especially for us in the Bus/ICT Dept who worked alongside @stgensAPam We have had many laughs, nights out, trips and tears.

“Chance made us colleagues but fun, laughter and craziness made us friends”

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

Many thanks to Martina Purdy for speaking to our Year 10’s during their assembly this morning highlighting the theme for Catholic Schools Week 2026 of normal lives call for holiness 🙏 💙 #teamstgens @stgensAP

[St. Genevieve's @_stgens]

The Lower 6th and GCSE Further Maths classes were treated to a day in Derry to learn about the new Maths with Computing Degree which is coming to Magee in September. A great was had by all. Thanks to UU for having us! ☺️ @stgensAP

[Kate Jones @KateJones_teach]

Retrieval practice is widely recognised as an effective way to strengthen learning. Understandably, it is often discussed through an academic lens. Yet there is also an important pastoral element: the potential of retrieval practice to support student wellbeing. My latest blog for @EvidenceInEdu https://t.co/akgfneF1TO