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Kilkeel High School
Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school
Knockchree Avenue, Kilkeel BT34 4BP · 028 4176 2365
On the mapSearch near BT34 4BP
Overview
- Places left
- 28
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 762
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Type of school
- Secondary school (non-grammar)
- Management type
- Controlled
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 112 pupils (15%)
- Special educational needs
- 130 pupils (17%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 37 pupils (5%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 93 pupils (12%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 22 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 Kilkeel High School: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 753, 762 pupils on the roll at the October census, 28 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 | 753 | 762 | 37 | 28 |
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
- Apr 2017Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
- May 2014Post-primary inspection
- May 2007Follow-up inspection