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St Colm's High School, Belfast

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

70 Summerhill Drive, Dunmurry BT17 0BT

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Overview

Places left
54
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
727
October 2025 census
District council
Belfast
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
512 pupils (70%)
Special educational needs
325 pupils (45%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
101 pupils (14%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
224 pupils (31%)
Newcomer pupils
24 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 Colm's High School, Belfast: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 680, 727 pupils on the roll at the October census, 54 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-primary68072710154

Per year

Year 8121
Year 9139
Year 10139
Year 11132
Year 12121
Year 1347
Year 1428

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
20 Dec 2017
Post-primary (action short of strike)
Overall
Not rated

Other reports

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