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Aughnacloy College

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23 Carnteel Road, Aughnacloy, BT69 6DX

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
237
Year 8
53
Council
Mid Ulster

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children for whom Aughnacloy College is the nearest post-primary school to their home.
  2. Other children, admitted only under the over-subscription sub-criteria below.
  3. Sub-criterion (i): sibling in attendance at the college during 2026/2027.
  4. Sub-criterion (ii): sibling who previously attended the college.
  5. Sub-criterion (iii): children living nearest to the college, measured as the crow flies.
  6. Tie-break (i): oldest child by date of birth on birth certificate.
  7. Tie-break (ii): surname on a randomly generated alphabet for same date of birth.
  8. Tie-break (iii): multiple births are not subject to this criterion.
  9. Tie-break (iv): next letter on the randomly generated alphabet.

The school's criteria

Getting in

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

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 0.6 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 73%, got 67.5% (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
2024/2546492050
2025/2646470047
2026/2746271129

In 2026/27, 27 of the 27 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
10.5%
Special educational needs
53 pupils (15 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 86.5%, Catholic 2.1%, other or none 11.4%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
67.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
90%
3+ A-levels A* to C
none
2+ A-levels A* to E
none
Year 12 pupils counted
40
A-level pupils counted
0

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 46 (whole school: 232)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24464646
2024/25465352
2025/26465453

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

School's note: *Temporary variation for additional places approved/includes pupils with full statements of SEND **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.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 5210153

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