The former site of Devenish College has been "accessed" on several occasions since pupils and staff vacated the premises in 2023, it can be revealed.

A spokeswoman for the Education Authority (EA) confirmed that the school had been “accessed” on several occasions.

Videos with thousands of likes have been shared on the social media app  TikTok showing individuals walking around the now-former site of Devenish College at Algeo Drive, Enniskillen, in their videos they claim to be "exploring" an "abandoned" school.

The videos show pieces of furniture in the classrooms, individuals using equipment in the school as well as watching what appears to be working CCTV.

The EA spokeswoman said: “The Education Authority (EA) can confirm that the former Devenish College site was accessed on several occasions. No significant damage was caused. In response, a number of security measures were put in place at the start of July 2024, with no further issues recorded.”

The Impartial Reporter asked for further clarity on this matter as to how many times the building was accessed.

Previously, the Education Authority had announced their intentions to maintain the site to allow for students from Enniskillen Royal Grammar School (ERGS) to use the site while construction of a new site for ERGS takes place.

The creator of one of the videos, ‘Explore with Ben’ said he entered the building via a broken window in his TikTok and when challenged in the comments about ‘breaking in’ he said: “Hate to tell you, buddy, we didn’t show me what we broke or damaged to get in.”

Two videos shared by the user, jamierob2 have amassed over 200,000 views.

Multiple videos from different users ‘exploring’ the site in June of this year have been shared with one user sharing a 30-minute video of his ‘exploration’ of the school.

In his video, he comments that the school is “pristine” recording general views of many of the classrooms and telling watchers what he believes would have happened in each of the classrooms when the school was in operation.

Several TikTok users have also commented to tell the creators that the school is not ‘abandoned’ but was only vacated last year.

The trend for exploring ‘abandoned’ buildings is popular on social media with some users gaining large followings and videos gaining over one million likes.