Schools in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has 775 primary schools and 190 secondary schools, plus 133 special, nursery, sixth-form or other schools. Pick the age group you want: each list is ranked, shown on a map and compared with schools that have a similar mix of pupils elsewhere in Northern Ireland.
Primary schoolsAges 4 to 11
775No scores: Northern Ireland publishes no inspection grades. The largest:
- Strandtown Primary School968 pupils
- Dundonald Primary School869 pupils
- St Patrick's Primary School863 pupils
Secondary schoolsAges 11 to 16 or 18
190No scores: Northern Ireland publishes no inspection grades. The largest:
- Bangor Academy & Sixth Form College1,867 pupils
- Methodist College1,855 pupils
- St Paul's High School1,805 pupils
Councils in Northern Ireland
Antrim and Newtownabbey70 schoolsArds and North Down67 schoolsArmagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon127 schoolsBelfast177 schoolsCauseway Coast and Glens97 schoolsDerry City and Strabane87 schoolsFermanagh and Omagh95 schoolsLisburn and Castlereagh57 schoolsMid and East Antrim73 schoolsMid Ulster120 schoolsNewry, Mourne and Down128 schools
About this list
Primary and secondary schools have separate pages because they are measured on different things (SATs for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries) and compared with different sets of similar schools. Special schools, nurseries and sixth-form colleges don't fit either list, so they are listed here. How the score works.