Our Open Morning for 2017 takes place on Saturday 7th January starting at 9.15 am and finishing at 12.30pm.

For Pupils and Parents of Year 7 the morning will start with a talk by the Headmaster at 9.15 am in the John Armstrong Hall followed by a tour of the school from 9.45 am finishing at 11.00 am.  Parents are requested to use the front car park of the school with a restricted amount of parking available on site. The car park will be open from 8.45 am

For Pupils and Parents and Pupils of Year 6 please arrive from 10.00 am and park in the Northern health Trust,  Route Complex, Coleraine Road. Guides will direct you to the John Armstrong Hall for the Headmaster’s talk at 10.30 am. At 11.00 am school guides will be available to take you on a tour of the school where you will be able to visit departments and get the chance to speak to pupils and teachers. The tour will finish at approximately 12.30 pm.

The Admissions Criteria and the Prospectus are available on the morning and an e-version will be posted on this website from Monday 9th January .

The pupils, teachers and governors would like to congratulate our former pupil, Professor John McCanny CBE, who has received a knighthood in the New Year’s Honours for services to Higher Education and Economic Development.

Professor McCanny is an international authority on silicon chip architectures for Digital Signal Processing and Digital Security, who led the initiative to create the Centre for Secure Information Technology, the UK’s Innovation and Knowledge Centre in Cybersecurity.  He also developed the vision to create the Northern Ireland Science Park, which transformed a brownfield site into a science and technology hub where over 2,500 people are now employed.  He has founded two high technology companies based on the work of his research teams and has served on numerous committees of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Irish Academy.

Speaking at the School’s Prize Day in 1998, Professor McCanny reminisced, “I have many fond memories of Dalriada including the many lasting friendships I made, the sporting activities in which I was involved, the fun associated with the Shakespeare play and, most importantly, the education I received.  This was to form the foundation of my future career.”

Last Thursday witnessed great scenes of celebration at Dalriada when this year’s GCSE results were announced.  Every single Year 12 pupil achieved at least 5 or more A*-C grades, including Maths and English.  Indeed a staggering 98% of all Year 12 Dalriada pupils gained at least 7 A*-C grades including Maths and English.

38 pupils, almost a third of the entire year group achieved 8 or more A* of A full course grades and of this group 24 pupils gained 9 A* or A grades each.Michael White will start his A level courses having achieved a superb 10 A*’s each, while Jazmine Carson, Eason Chan, Shane Devers, Ross Fallows and Peter Johnston achieved an outstanding 9 A*’s.

11 pupils achieved an outstanding 10 A*-A grades:Michael White, Jazmine Carson, Eason Chan, Shane Devers, Ross Fallows, Peter Johnston, Catherine Jamison, Catherine Torrens, Cara Dorans, Bruce Johnston, Ellen Kearney.

The following 13 pupils obtained 9 A*-A grades:

Patrick Stewart, Benjamin Webb, Emma Colgan, Olivia Hall, Robbie Doherty, Katie Trotter, Jessica Eden, Daniel Logan, Daniel McAfee, Benedict Anslow, Natalia Rygielska, Mia McNeill, Eve Myer.

The 14 pupils achieving 8 A*-A grades were:

Anna Nicholl, Finn Sands-Robinson, Nadine Robinson, Peter Smith, Evie Douglas, Joshua Park, Ian Pinkerton, Rebecca Dinsmore, Alice Skelton, Adam Strong, Jill Leslie, Leah Glass, Hope Anderson, Emma Glass. Read More

Delighted Headmaster with some of the 17 pupils who achieved at least 3A*/As in the recent 2016 exams.

This year’s ‘A’ Level pupils at Dalriada have maintained the high standard of success achieved by the School in external examinations.  A very impressive 77% of the Upper Sixth Form students obtained at least 3 A*- C grades each.  Almost 40% of all ‘A’ Level grades obtained at Dalriada were A* or A grades, well above the Northern Ireland average.

The following 17 Dalriada students obtained at least 3 A*/A grades:

Naomi Anderson, Gillian McNaugher, Ailbhe Kendall, Victoria Whitton, Tara Devers, Rachael Kennedy, William McMullan, Roisin Mc Keegan, Christopher Fielding, Bethan Harper, John Hope, Bronwyn Thompson, Honor Wilson, Sam Balmer, Karolina Bednarek, Caitlin Farrell and Angus Johnston.

Five students achieved an outstanding 4 A*/A grades each namely:

Pupils who achieved a magnificent 4A*/A grades in the recent 2016 A level exams

Naomi Anderson, Gillian McNaugher, Ailbhe Kendall, Tara Devers and Rachael Kennedy.

In Lower Sixth Dalriada students gained the best set of AS results in the Schools’ history with an unprecedented 83% of the year group gained at least 3 A-C grades.  36% of all grades in Lower Sixth were A grades and 65% of all Dalriada grades were either A or B grades, well above the Northern Ireland average. Read More

As we approach the end of the academic year 2015-16 and await the arrival of the results of both A level and GCSE, we must recognise the two long serving members of staff who will not be with us in the 2016-17 academic year.

The end of term assembly marked the end of an era with the two long serving members of staff leaving the school. Senior teacher Mrs Helen Leighton, retired after 34 years at Dalriada and Pastoral Deputy Head Mrs Nicola Madden has left after 18 years at Dalriada to take up an appointment as Principal of Limavady Grammar School.

On receiving their leaving gifts at the school’s final assembly both ladies received a standing ovation from the packed audience reflecting the esteem they were held in by colleagues and pupils alike.

Headmaster Tom Skelton paid tribute to Mrs Leighton and Mrs Madden, thanking them for the huge contribution they had made to many aspects of life at Dalriada School. He concluded by wishing them both well for the future.