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St Malachy's High School, Castlewellan

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

3 Dublin Road, Castlewellan BT31 9AG · 028 4377 8255

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Overview

Places left
24
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
1,051
October 2025 census
District council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Rural
Free school meal entitlement
264 pupils (25%)
Special educational needs
147 pupils (14%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
124 pupils (12%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
23 pupils (2%)
Newcomer pupils
27 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 St Malachy's High School, Castlewellan: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 950, 1,051 pupils on the roll at the October census, 24 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-primary9501,05112524

Per year

Year 8189
Year 9193
Year 10180
Year 11144
Year 12170
Year 13106
Year 1469

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
7 Dec 2017
Sustaining improvement inspection

Other reports

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