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Newry High School

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

23 Ashgrove Road, Newry BT34 1QN

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Overview

Places left
207
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
434
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
168 pupils (39%)
Special educational needs
111 pupils (26%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
61 pupils (14%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
50 pupils (12%)
Newcomer pupils
56 pupils (13%)

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 Newry High School: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 580, 434 pupils on the roll at the October census, 207 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-primary58043461207

Per year

Year 861
Year 966
Year 1073
Year 1197
Year 1282
Year 1330
Year 1425

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
22 Jun 2017
Monitoring (action short of strike)

Other reports

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