St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel | |
Established: | 1922 |
Type: | Voluntary grammar |
Enrolment: | 570 |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Street: | 151 Newry Road |
Town: | Kilkeel |
County: | County Down |
Postcode: | BT34 4EU |
Coordinates: | 54.065°N -6.031°W |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
Head Label: | Principal |
Head: | Kevin Martin |
Gender: | Male/Female |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Capacity: | 700 |
St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a co-educational school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with about 700 pupils enrolled.
The school was founded in 1922 by the Order of St Louis as a selective Catholic boarding school for girls. [1]
The pupils come from the surrounding catchment area: Warrenpoint, Annalong, Newcastle, Castlewellan, Hilltown and Rostrevor.
The school is a co-educational Specialist School in Technology and ICT that caters for pupils aged 11–18. It offers a broad range of subjects at all Key Stages including GCSEs, A levels and BTECs including Academic and Vocational/Applied subjects. Staff offer the full range of STEM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and ICT. The school uses an online Virtual Learning Environment.[2]
In 2018, 84.1% of its entrants achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C, including the core subjects English and Maths.[3]
In 2019 the school was ranked 6th out of 159 secondary schools in Northern Ireland with 91.2% of its A-level students who entered the exams in 2017/18 being awarded three A*-C grades.[4]