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St Joseph's Boys' High School, Newry

Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school

20 Armagh Road, Newry BT35 6DH · stjosephsnewry.com · 028 3026 2595

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Overview

Places left
150
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
405
October 2025 census
District council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
No
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
165 pupils (41%)
Special educational needs
111 pupils (27%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
55 pupils (14%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
56 pupils (14%)
Newcomer pupils
62 pupils (15%)

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 Joseph's Boys' High School, Newry: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 500, 405 pupils on the roll at the October census, 150 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-primary50040555150

Per year

Year 897
Year 967
Year 1085
Year 1164
Year 1292

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
29 Jan 2025
Report of a post-primary inspection

Other reports

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