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96-100 Hightown Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7AU

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
817
Year 8
120
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children who reside in or attend primary school in the listed parishes, in the order given.
  2. Children with a child of the family currently enrolled at the school.
  3. Children who are the eldest or only child of the family eligible to apply for admission.
  4. Children entitled to Free School Meals (FSME).
  5. Tie-break by initial letter of the surname from the birth certificate, in a randomised order.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

18 of the 126 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 155 applications were considered for 115 places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.3 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 1.3 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 63%, got 61.6% (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
2024/251151162510120
2025/2611595103108
2026/27115126173121

In 2026/27, 108 of the 126 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
28.2%
Special educational needs
241 pupils (89 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.6%, Catholic 92.5%, other or none 6.9%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
61.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
98.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
38.7%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
112
A-level pupils counted
62

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 115 (whole school: 750)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24115163127
2024/25115156138
2025/26115107120

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.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 3230203

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