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100 Bridge Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 0EA

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
857
Year 8
139
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:

  1. Applicants resident in Northern Ireland at the time of proposed admission selected before non-resident applicants
  2. Applicants with a child of the family currently enrolled at the school
  3. Applicants who are the eldest child of the family eligible to apply to a mainstream post-primary school
  4. Applicants who live closest to the school by straight-line measurement
  5. Oversubscription resolved by randomised order of the initial letter of surname

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (96 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 1 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 50%, got 29.9% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

0%50%100%0%40%80%Pupils on free school meals
Each dot is a non-selective school with 30 or more Year 12 pupils. The dashed line is what schools usually get at each free school meals level.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2514012168135
2025/2614011581124
2026/271409693108

In 2026/27, 96 of the 96 children who put it first got a place here.

Each child counts once, at the preference their family gave this school. Figures at the end of the admissions procedure, from the Education Authority's analysis of preferences.

Pupils (October 2025)

Free school meals
50.9%
Special educational needs
225 pupils (103 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 69.3%, Catholic 2.5%, other or none 28.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
29.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
89.8%
3+ A-levels A* to C
38.3%
2+ A-levels A* to E
95.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
127
A-level pupils counted
47

Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 140 (whole school: 820)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24140144140
2024/25140138135
2025/26140125140

Applications count every family that named the school at any preference, not only first preferences.

School's note: *The Total Admissions for year 2025/2026 includes all Year 8 children admitted to the school including those who have a statement of special educational needs and/or may be attending SPiMS. (SPiMS = Specialist Provision in Mainstream School)

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 3210313

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