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St Cecilia's College, Derry

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

6A Blighs Lane, Londonderry BT48 9PN

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Overview

Places left
23
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
854
October 2025 census
District council
Derry City and Strabane
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
434 pupils (51%)
Special educational needs
165 pupils (19%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
52 pupils (6%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
113 pupils (13%)
Newcomer pupils
Fewer than five pupils

From the Department of Education’s school enrolment (school level) data and available places, and the 2016 school locations on OpenDataNI.

Admissions

The Department of Education’s available places for 2025/26, for St Cecilia's College, Derry: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 825, 854 pupils on the roll at the October census, 23 places left. These are places left after the October census, not a chance of getting in: admission depends on each school’s admissions criteria and on the number of applications.

Places

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Post-primary8258545223

Per year

Year 8137
Year 9136
Year 10133
Year 11142
Year 12137
Year 1395
Year 1474

Entry year

Inspection

The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspects schools in Northern Ireland and publishes a report on each inspection. Its reports of 2012 to 2020 sum up their findings in a table, shown here in ETI’s own words; earlier and later reports give written findings only. Nothing here is set beside an Ofsted outcome.

Latest report
19 Oct 2018
Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
Overall finding from
18 Nov 2015
Capacity to improve

Other reports

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