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Cullybackey College

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44 Pottinger Street, Cullybackey, BT42 1BP

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
662
Year 8
110
Council
Mid and East Antrim

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Child attends one of the 30 named primary schools; sub-criteria (i) to (iv) then apply in order.
  2. Sub-criterion (i): sibling (brother, sister, stepbrother or stepsister) currently enrolled at the college.
  3. Sub-criterion (ii): eldest or only child in the family.
  4. Sub-criterion (iii): sibling previously enrolled at the college in the past 10 years.
  5. Sub-criterion (iv): Cullybackey College is the nearest non-grammar school.
  6. Criteria (i) to (iv) are then applied in order to children attending other primary schools (not in the list).
  7. Tie: places allocated by date of birth, youngest first.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (77 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 44.9% (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

  • Sport: Basketball, Athletics, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Equestrian source
  • Voluntary contribution £20 source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2513056231594
2025/261308015499
2026/27130771617110

In 2026/27, 77 of the 77 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
25.8%
Special educational needs
179 pupils (45 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 70.4%, Catholic 3.2%, other or none 26.4%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
44.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
87.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
46.2%
2+ A-levels A* to E
92.3%
Year 12 pupils counted
107
A-level pupils counted
26

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: 700)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130119113
2024/25130118113
2025/26130105104

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 = Special Provision in Mainstream School).

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Open event: The school will be open for visits by parents and pupils on Monday 12 January 2026 and Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 7.30 pm.

Sources

DENI reference 3210172

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