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Carrickfergus Academy

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110 North Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 7QX

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
909
Year 8
128
Council
Mid and East Antrim

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils who have brothers or sisters currently enrolled at Carrickfergus Academy.
  2. Pupils who attended schools in the catchment area of the school.
  3. Tie-break: remaining places allocated by the initial letter of surname, using a randomised letter order printed in the document.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (60 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.5 in 2024/25, 0.6 in 2025/26, 0.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 61%, got 40.7% (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.

Getting there

The school runs its own buses. See routes

School life

  • School day 9.05am to 3.25pm source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2521082237112
2025/2621074408122
2026/272106012274

In 2026/27, 60 of the 60 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
30.9%
Special educational needs
168 pupils (92 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 63.4%, Catholic 2.9%, other or none 33.8%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
40.7%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
70.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
31.6%
2+ A-levels A* to E
93%
Year 12 pupils counted
162
A-level pupils counted
57

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 210 (whole school: 1,250)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24210177177
2024/25210130130
2025/26210118129

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 3210323

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