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10 Moyle Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6LA

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
878
Year 8
154
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Preference given to all children who name the college as first preference on the application form.
  2. Pupils who have siblings currently enrolled at the school.
  3. Pupils attending one of nine named feeder primary schools.
  4. Eldest child of the family at date of application, subject to verification footnotes.
  5. A child of the family previously enrolled in the College.
  6. If still oversubscribed, selection by initial letter(s) of surname in a fixed order.
  7. Final tie-breaker: random selection by electronically generated number.

The school's criteria

Getting in

3 of the 135 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 135 applications were considered for 132 places. Places ran out at criterion 6: Random surname selection filled the original admission number; a temporary variation subsequently added two places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 69%, got 73.5% (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.

School life

  • School day 9am to 3.30pm source
  • Known for Hurling. Also Camogie, Gaelic football, Football source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2513015700141
2025/2613014230140
2026/2713013500132

In 2026/27, 132 of the 135 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
17.4%
Special educational needs
167 pupils (48 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 2.2%, Catholic 90.3%, other or none 7.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
73.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
94.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
80%
2+ A-levels A* to E
98.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
117
A-level pupils counted
75

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 130 (whole school: 720)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130137136
2024/25130155143
2025/26130147154

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

School's note: *The Total Admissions for year 2025/26 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 3230227

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