Dromore High School

Your chances

Check your chances against these criteria.

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

1. 1Category A primary school pupils whose transfer form gives Dromore High as first preference.
2. 2Pupils with a parent permanently employed at Dromore High for at least 3 full academic years, with a first preference.
3. 3Category B primary school pupils whose transfer form gives Dromore High as first preference.
4. 4Category C pupils (all others) whose transfer form gives Dromore High as first preference.
5. 5Category A primary school pupils with Dromore High as second preference.
6. 6Category B primary school pupils with Dromore High as second preference.
7. 7Category C pupils with Dromore High as second preference.
8. 8Category A primary school pupils with Dromore High as third preference.
9. 9Category B primary school pupils with Dromore High as third preference.
10. 10Category A primary school pupils with Dromore High as fourth preference.
11. 11Category B primary school pupils with Dromore High as fourth preference.
12. 12Category A primary school pupils with Dromore High as fifth preference.
13. 13Category B primary school pupils with Dromore High as fifth preference.
14. 14Category A primary school pupils with Dromore High as sixth preference.
15. 15Category B primary school pupils with Dromore High as sixth preference.
16. 16Applications from children not meeting any of the above criteria.
17. 17Sub-criterion i: sibling at the same address enrolled at Dromore High, and Dromore High is the nearest Controlled Secondary school.
18. 18Sub-criterion ii: sibling at the same address currently enrolled at Dromore High.
19. 19Sub-criterion iii: eldest child for whom Dromore High is the nearest Controlled Secondary school.
20. 20Sub-criterion iv: eldest child (including the first in the family to transfer, or after a family move).
21. 21Sub-criterion v: previous sibling at Dromore High for at least two consecutive years, and Dromore High is the nearest Controlled Secondary school.
22. 22Sub-criterion vi: previous sibling at Dromore High for at least two consecutive academic years.
23. 23Sub-criterion vii: pupils who do not qualify under sub-criteria i to vi.
24. 24Tie-breaker: priority to pupils whose permanent place of residence is closest to Dromore High, measured by OSNI distance tool.
25. 25Final tie-break, if distances are equal: randomised order of the initial letter of the surname.

The school's criteria

Getting in

10 of the 170 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 73%, got 71% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).