Ferncourt High School located in Claremont, St Ann, Jamaica is co-educational and has a student body of approximately 1500.

Housed in a building previously belonging to Dr. Curphey, known as 'Cedars,' Ferncourt welcomed its first set of girls who all boarded on the school's compound.

[1] Mrs. Simpson devised a curriculum which included classical subjects such as French, Latin and Music along with the fundamental social graces, the staff was recruited from Jamaica as well as overseas.

Presently Femcourt incorporates traditional high school education with training in Industrial Arts and Practical Commercial Skills.

The school has extended its facilities with staff residences, an auditorium and an extra laboratory to accommodate a population of 1556 students and a faculty of over sixty on both campuses.