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Strathearn School

Selective

National rank

34=

Rank last year

83^%

A-level

78.4^%

GCSE

Secondary School of the Year in Northern Ireland for Academic Excellence 2026

Need to know

Head teacher Nicola Connery

Gender of entry Girls

Total pupils 828

Our methodology

Results

Grade

19.6

36.4

26.8

A*/A

56.1

A*-B

Grade

9/8

32.2

46.2

9/8/7

78.4

What the school inspection says

The inspection was affected by industrial action. The ETI said: “Most of the pupils ... were confident, articulate and highly motivated. The pupils gain leadership skills through taking on roles and responsibilities … including senior office bearers and peer mentoring roles ... Across all key stages [they] benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum which is ... being developed in response to extensive consultation with the pupils, an analysis of labour market information and the school’s commitment to … meet[ing] the needs and aspirations of all of the pupils … [Those] entitled to free school meals and those who have additional needs with aspects of their learning attain in line with their peers.”

Inspection

2010

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The Strathearn motto is “Encourage, empower, excel” — three values that it says are key to personal development and achievement.
All pupils and staff are members of one of four houses — Barbour, Boucher, McCaughey and Watts — that compete in a diverse range of activities, from drama, baking and pumpkin carving to cross-country, creative writing and quizzes.
The extracurricular programme offers opportunities to participate in indoor and outdoor sports, music and drama as well as clubs for modern languages, debating, board games and engineering.
The school’s first headteacher, Edith Miskelly, is commemorated in the name of the school canteen, the Miskelly Deli.
Notable alumnae include Margaret Mountford, Lord Sugar’s adviser on The Apprentice, and the playwright Lucy Caldwell.

info@strathearn.belfast.ni.sch.uk

Telephone

028 9047 1595

Website

strathearn.org.uk

Address

188 Belmont Road, Belfast, BT4 2AU

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