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St Columbanus' College

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

Ballymaconnell Road, Bangor BT20 5PU · stcolumbanus.org.uk · 028 9127 0927

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Overview

Places left
14
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
805
October 2025 census
District council
Ards and North Down
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
217 pupils (27%)
Special educational needs
266 pupils (33%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
69 pupils (9%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
197 pupils (24%)
Newcomer pupils
37 pupils (5%)

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 Columbanus' College: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 750, 805 pupils on the roll at the October census, 14 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-primary7508056914

Per year

Year 8124
Year 9141
Year 10137
Year 11140
Year 12140
Year 1377
Year 1446

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
23 Apr 2020
Sustaining improvement inspection
Overall finding from
10 Mar 2017
High capacity to improve

Other reports

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