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Best Secondary Schools in Northern Ireland (2026)
Every grammar, secondary and primary school across all 11 Northern Ireland council areas — one place to compare GCSE and A-level results, ETI inspection reports and school funding the official sources publish school-by-school.
190 schools across 11 areas — showing 75, with inspected schools first. For a results ranking, see the league tables below.
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Enter your postcode: we’ll show the secondary schools near it and how each one admits. In Northern Ireland each school ranks applications by its own published criteria, and a grammar school by transfer test result, so we show those, not a distance.
75 schools, inspected schools first
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StateSecondaryRoman Catholic
1503 pupilsAges 11-18
Specialist Provision
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StateSecondaryRoman Catholic
1362 pupils
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1282 pupils
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StateSecondaryRoman CatholicSelective
1145 pupilsAges 11-18
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1108 pupilsAges 11-18
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StateSecondarySelective
1073 pupilsAges 11-18
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StateSecondaryRoman Catholic
1039 pupils
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StateSecondaryRoman Catholic
1007 pupilsAges 11-19
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932 pupilsAges 11-19
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See also: best primary schools, independent schools, Northern Ireland league tables.