Titchfield High School

  Titchfield High School, Port Antonio. Founded in 1786, it is Jamaica's fifth oldest school & certainly is the undisputed first in ranking for its setting.  Titchfield High School was established in 1786 in Port Antonio in an area called Free School. The Jamaica School Commission took over the management from the school’s trust in 1883. It leased, from the Government, the old military barracks of Fort George and a day school for boys and one for girls was established in 1886 with Major WH Plant as headmaster. At first, the school consisted of Infant, Elementary and Secondary departments, but the elementary and infant departments later separated from the Trust, leaving just the high school. Five courses were taught there: the three Rs – reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic, plus Greek and Latin.