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St John's Business and Enterprise College

Secondary · ages 11-18Catholic maintainedRoman Catholic130 pupilsSixth formDromoreFermanagh and Omagh
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredNorthern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades or progress figures, so we can't give its schools a score. GCSE and A level results, attendance, pupil numbers and free school meals are below.
Five good GCSEs incl. English and maths58%NI non-grammar schools 60%
Pupils with special needs52%NI 26%
Attendance83.8%NI 87.9%
Pupils from low-income families39%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll130Census October 2025

St John's Business and Enterprise College is a catholic maintained school in Dromore for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 130 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland. In 2025, 58% of Year 12 pupils got five good GCSEs including English and maths (non-grammar schools in Northern Ireland: 60%).

37 Omagh Road, Dromore, BT78 3ALAll details

Inspection

Schools in Northern Ireland are inspected by the Education and Training Inspectorate. Since 2024 its reports end with a written summary and next steps instead of a grade, and there is no published list of outcomes.

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

38 Year 12 pupils. We compare them with non-grammar post-primary schools across Northern Ireland, because grammar schools pick pupils by ability, so setting them against other schools wouldn't be fair.

Five good GCSEs including English and maths58%
Northern Ireland 60%
Official name: 5+ GCSEs at A* to C including GCSE English and maths
Five good GCSEs100%
Northern Ireland 85%
Official name: 5+ GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent)
Entered for five or more GCSEs100%
Northern Ireland 99%
Official name: Entered for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent)
Trend
Five good GCSEs including English and maths
2017 to 2025
2017: 45%45%20172018: 39%39%20182019: 50%50%20192023: 76%76%20232024: 59%59%20242025: 58%58%2025
Since 2017: +13%
All measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017NI non-grammar
Year 12 pupils383433182329
Entered for five or more GCSEsEntered for 5+ GCSEs (or equivalent)100%100%100%99%
Five good GCSEs5+ GCSEs at grades A* to C (or equivalent)100%100%94%100%100%90%85%
Five good GCSEs including English and maths5+ GCSEs at A* to C including GCSE English and maths58%59%76%50%39%45%60%
Year 14 pupils0000

No results were published for 2020, 2021 and 2022. Figures include equivalent qualifications; a value is withheld when fewer than five pupils are involved.

Getting a place

No entrance test. When more children apply than there are places, the school's own rules decide who gets in. Usually that means brothers and sisters of current pupils first, then children from its feeder primaries, then whoever lives closest.

As a Catholic school it may put baptised Catholic children first.

Apply through the Education Authority's online admissions system in January.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll130Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals39%50 pupils; NI 32%
Pupils with special educational needs52%20 with a statement; NI 26%
Newcomer pupils9%arrived with little English; NI 6%
Catholic pupils93%as recorded in the school census; NI 48%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 83.8% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 87.9%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.

Attendance83.8%
Northern Ireland 87.9%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission4.0%of school time; NI 5.8%

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

No other schools of this phase within 8 km.

Questions parents ask

Is St John's Business and Enterprise College a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St John's Business and Enterprise College yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How good are St John's Business and Enterprise College's GCSE results?

In summer 2025, 58% of Year 12 pupils got five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and maths, against 60% across non-grammar schools in Northern Ireland.

How many pupils does St John's Business and Enterprise College have?

130 pupils aged 11 to 18 were on the roll in October 2025.

Does St John's Business and Enterprise College have a sixth form?

Yes.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
37 Omagh Road, Dromore, BT78 3AL
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Secondary school, ages 11-18, with sixth form
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Fermanagh and Omagh
Ward
Dromore
Setting
Rural
DE reference
2230148 · LAESTAB 2230148

Where these figures come from