Our Lady of Lourdes School is a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

located in

Ballymoney Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated in ...

County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

Academics

The school offers the full range of subjects at both GCSE and A-Level. It partners with the neighbouring

Ballymoney High School Ballymoney High School is a secondary school located in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It has 650 pupils and takes in some 137 new pupils each year. Ballymoney High's Principal is Mr Bingham. In 2016, a new expansion of the sc ...

and

Dalriada School Dalriada School is a mixed voluntary grammar school in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The school draws its pupils from a wide geographical area and a range of social, religious and cultural backgrounds. In 2008 the school won the Northern Ireland ...

in the conduct of projects and the delivery of certain subjects.

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.

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.

References

Secondary schools in County Antrim Catholic secondary schools in Northern Ireland Civil parish of Ballymoney {{NorthernIreland-school-stub 1964 establishments in Northern Ireland Educational institutions established in 1964