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Dundonald High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
764 Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald BT16 1TH · dundonaldhigh.co.uk
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Overview
- Places left
- 147
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 550
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Type of school
- Secondary school (non-grammar)
- Management type
- Controlled
- Sixth form
- No
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 290 pupils (53%)
- Special educational needs
- 175 pupils (32%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 97 pupils (18%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 78 pupils (14%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 60 pupils (11%)
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 Dundonald High School: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 600, 550 pupils on the roll at the October census, 147 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 | 600 | 550 | 97 | 147 |
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.
Other reports
- Jun 2022Follow-up inspection
- Jan 2019Follow-up (action short of strike)
- Mar 2016Follow-up inspection
- May 2015Follow-up inspection
- Dec 2013Follow-up inspection
- Dec 2012Follow-up inspection
- Sept 2009Follow-up inspection
- May 2007Standard inspection