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Edmund Rice, Newtownabbey
Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school
96-100 Hightown Road, Newtownabbey BT36 7AU · edmundricecollege.co.uk · 028 9084 8433
On the mapSearch near BT36 7AU
Overview
- Places left
- 22
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 817
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Type of school
- Secondary school (non-grammar)
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 230 pupils (28%)
- Special educational needs
- 241 pupils (29%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 89 pupils (11%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 152 pupils (19%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 21 pupils (3%)
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 Edmund Rice, Newtownabbey: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 750, 817 pupils on the roll at the October census, 22 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 | 750 | 817 | 89 | 22 |
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
- Jan 2011Standard inspection