HISTORY OF THE DARYLL JORDAN SCHOOL

The Daryll Jordan School formerly the St. Lucy Secondary School was opened to its first pupils

in September, 1971. The school is a government co-educational school situated at Trents, St.

Lucy. Co-education is the teaching of male and female students together at the same institution

and the same classes.

On October 28th, 1971, the school was officially opened by the then Minister of Education,

Honourable Erskine Sandiford. The school served as a replacement for the Parry (1881-1951), a

former secondary boys’ school in St. Lucy, on the site of the existing Bartel Telephone Exchange

to the north of St. Lucy’s Parish Church. The Parry School amalgamated in 1952 with the

Coleridge School, forming the existing Coleridge and Parry, situated in Ashton Hall, St. Peter.

On November 09th, 2012, the St. Lucy Secondary School was officially renamed the Daryll

Jordan Secondary School in honour of the first principal of the St. Lucy Secondary School, Mr

Daryll Jordan by the Minister of Education & Human Resource Development, the Honourable
Ronald Jones, J.P., M.P. and the Honourable Denis Kellman, Parliamentary representative for

the constituency of St. Lucy.

On that same date, the school’s auditorium, the Ifill and Phillips Auditorium, named after

Meesrs. Ezbon Ifill and Amoury Phillips who made meaningful contributions to the school’s

development was also officially opened by the Minister of Education & Human Resource

Development, the Honourable Ronald Jones, J.P., M.P. and the Honourable Denis Kellman,

Parliamentary representative for the constituency of St. Lucy.

At present Mr. Stephen Jackman is the current principal of the school, alongside Mr. Ken Layne

who is holds the position of Deputy Principal.

Vision Statement:

To be the beacon for quality, innovative education with curricula responsive to global needs.

Mission Statement:

The Daryll Jordan Secondary School will provide quality educational services to all students

through innovative methods to enable them to be socially responsible students.

Motto:

Every talent to greatest use.

Curriculum:

The curriculum compromises of seven core areas; Business Studies, Home Economics,

Humanities, Languages, Science, Mathematics and Technical and Vocational Studies.

These subjects are examined across the boards of the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC),

Cambridge, Associate Board of the Royal School of Music, and the TVET Council.