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Castlederg High School

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16 Castlegore Road, Castlederg, BT81 7RU

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
462
Year 8
69
Council
Derry City and Strabane

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils transferring from the school's traditional contributory primary schools.
  2. Pupils with special medical, social or other circumstances, decided by the Board of Governors on written evidence.
  3. Pupils with an older sibling, half-sibling, adopted sibling or other child of the family enrolled at the school on transfer date.
  4. Pupils whose brother or sister previously attended the school.
  5. Pupils who are first in their family to attend the school.
  6. All other pupils.
  7. Tie-break: closeness to school by shortest walking distance by road.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (52 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.8 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.6 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 62%, got 68.1% (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

School bus from Killen, Ederney, Lack, Kesh, Irvinestown, Killeter, Kilclean, Drumquin, Drumlegagh, Ardstraw, Newtownstewart, Sion Mills, Victoria Bridge, Erganagh, Castlederg. Routes

School life

  • School day 8.40am to 3.10pm source
  • Sport: Football, Netball, Basketball, Hockey, Rugby, Athletics, Equestrian source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2590690069
2025/2690601061
2026/2790522054

In 2026/27, 52 of the 52 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
29%
Special educational needs
60 pupils (46 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 87%, Catholic 4.8%, other or none 8.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
68.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
86.8%
3+ A-levels A* to C
53.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
91
A-level pupils counted
32

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 90 (whole school: 450)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2022/23907676
2023/24909797
2024/25907979

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

School's note: *Includes pupils with full SEN

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 2210065

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