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Clounagh Junior High School

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Brownstown Road, Craigavon, BT62 3QA

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
695
Year 8
214
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children transferring from one of 12 named contributory primary schools.
  2. Children who at the date of application have a child of the family currently enrolled at the school.
  3. Children for whom the school is the nearest controlled post-primary school to their normal place of residence.
  4. Children who are the eldest child of the family eligible to transfer at the date of application.
  5. Selection based on the initial letter(s) of surname, in the order set out in the document.
  6. Random selection capable of leaving a clear audit trail.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

1 of the 214 children who put it first was not offered a place in 2026/27.

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

School life

  • School day 8.30am to 2.45pm source
  • Has a learning support centre source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2522018792198
2025/2622019231196
2026/2722021444221

In 2026/27, 213 of the 214 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
25.9%
Special educational needs
163 pupils (85 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 67.2%, Catholic 9.1%, other or none 23.7%

Exam results (2024/25)

Not in the 2024/25 results. This school has no Year 12 pupils.

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 220 (whole school: 660)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24220233233
2024/25220211211
2025/26220207214

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 (Specialist Provision in Mainstream School).

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 5210043

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