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Ballycastle High School
Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school
33 Rathlin Road, Ballycastle BT54 6LD · ballycastlehigh.org.uk
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Overview
- Places left
- 88
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 389
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Type of school
- Secondary school (non-grammar)
- Management type
- Controlled
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 103 pupils (26%)
- Special educational needs
- 50 pupils (13%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 17 pupils (4%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 33 pupils (8%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 8 pupils (2%)
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 Ballycastle High School: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 460, 389 pupils on the roll at the October census, 88 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
| Approved | On roll | Over | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-primary | 460 | 389 | 17 | 88 |
Per year
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.
- Overall
- Not rated
Other reports
- Mar 2012Standard inspection