Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Ballymoney

Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Ballymoney
Address
Castle Street, Ballymoney , BT53 6JX Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55.06696°N 6.521633°W / 55.06696; -6.521633
Information
Type	Secondary School
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1964
Local authority	Education Authority (North Eastern)
Principal	Eilish Gillan[1]
Staff	80 approx.
Gender	co-educational
Age	11 to 19
Enrollment	850
Colour(s)
Website	ourladyoflourdesballymoney.com

Our Lady of Lourdes School is a secondary school located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Academics

The school offers the full range of subjects at both GCSE and A-Level. It partners with the neighbouring Ballymoney High School and Dalriada School in the conduct of projects and the delivery of certain subjects.^[2]

Extra curriculum

The school provides the opportunity to participate in a full range of sports including hurling, Netball, Gaelic Football, Soccer, Camogie, Athletics, Table tennis, Hockey and Rugby. It also offers various arts activities including Music, Dance, Drama, Glee Choir, Irish Dancing.^[3]

Inspection

The standard inspection of the school by the Education and Training Inspectorate in 2015 found the school's Overall Effectiveness to have a high level of capacity for sustained improvement, and Achievements and standards, Provision for learning and Leadership and management all to be Very Good. The report described the school's performance in GCSE English language, history and mathematics at grades A*-C as significantly above average and the standards in GCSE English language as outstanding.^[4]

Awards

In 2022, Ms Eilish Gillan received the Amazing Women in Education Families First N I award.

References

1. "Principal's Welcome". Our Lady of Lourdes High School. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
2. "The School Aims". Our Lad of Lourdes High School. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. "Extra Curricular". Our Lady of Lourdes High School. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "Post-Primary Inspection report" (PDF). Education and Training Inspectorate. Retrieved 16 July 2020.