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St Mary's High School, Newry

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

13-17 Chapel Street Upper, Newry BT34 2DS

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Overview

Places left
34
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
578
October 2025 census
District council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
227 pupils (39%)
Special educational needs
130 pupils (22%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
32 pupils (6%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
98 pupils (17%)
Newcomer pupils
58 pupils (10%)

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 Mary's High School, Newry: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 580, 578 pupils on the roll at the October census, 34 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-primary5805783234

Per year

Year 874
Year 9102
Year 1095
Year 1199
Year 1286
Year 1357
Year 1465

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
11 Mar 2019
Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
Overall finding from
16 Nov 2015
High capacity to improve

Other reports

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