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Dundonald High School

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764 Upper Newtownards Road, Dundonald, BT16 1TH

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
550
Year 8
75
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils with an older brother or sister enrolled at the school on the date of transfer.
  2. Pupils transferring from one of eighteen named traditional feeder primary schools.
  3. Pupils who are the eldest child or first child in the family to transfer to a mainstream post-primary school.
  4. Pupils living nearest the school, measured in a straight line from home to the main gate, admitted if oversubscribed.
  5. Tie-breaker for equal distance: the oldest child is admitted.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (38 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.6 in 2024/25, 0.5 in 2025/26, 0.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 49%, got 41.1% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25120625572
2025/26120499159
2026/27120384951

In 2026/27, 38 of the 38 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
52.7%
Special educational needs
175 pupils (97 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 57.3%, Catholic 4.5%, other or none 38.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
41.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
78.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
none
2+ A-levels A* to E
none
Year 12 pupils counted
90
A-level pupils counted
0

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 120 (whole school: 600)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/2412086100
2024/251208289
2025/261207175

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 = Specialist Provision in Mainstream School)

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 4210262

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