St Mary's High School, Limavady


St Mary's High School is a Catholic secondary school situated in the town of Limavady, County Londonderry.

History

The school was established in 1959.

Collaboration

St. Mary's is one of three secondary schools in Limavady, the others being Limavady High School and Limavady Grammar School. It collaborates with these schools and with St. Patrick College, Dungiven and Rossmar School in the Roe Valley Learning Community. Through this partnership, the schools offer shared courses and facilities for their students.
St Mary’s after years of shared education with Limavady High School the two schools came together to build the first shared education campus in Northern Ireland. Construction began in 2021 and was opened by First Minister Michelle O’Neil and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly alongside education minister Paul givan in 2024. The campus consists of a state of the art STEM centre on the Limavady High School site and a Shared Sixth form centre and media studies department on the St Mary’s site.

Academics

The school initially only provided instruction for students up to GCSE level. In 1975, 'A' level provision was introduced. St. Mary's now offers a full range of subjects at both GCSE and A-Level.
In 2017/2018, 73.7% of its students who sat the A-level exams were awarded three A*-C grades.

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