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Friends' School, Lisburn

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Grammar school

6 Magheralave Road, Lisburn BT28 3BH

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Overview

Places left
0
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
1,093
October 2025 census
District council
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Type of school
Grammar school
Admissions
Academic selection
Management type
Voluntary
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
37 pupils (3%)
Special educational needs
50 pupils (5%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
40 pupils (4%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
10 pupils (1%)
Newcomer pupils
17 pupils (2%)

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 Friends' School, Lisburn: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 970, 1,093 pupils on the roll at the October census, 0 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-primary9701,093400

Per year

Year 8175
Year 9168
Year 10166
Year 11159
Year 12146
Year 13144
Year 14135

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
31 Jan 2020
Post-primary (action short of strike)
Overall
Not rated

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