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Fivemiletown College

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51 Colebrook Road, Fivemiletown, BT75 0SB

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
384
Year 8
58
Council
Mid Ulster

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils transferring from the listed primary schools, and any maintained primary school serving the same area
  2. Pupils whose application expresses a first preference for Fivemiletown College
  3. Pupils for whom Fivemiletown College is the nearest suitable post-primary school (Google maps)
  4. Brothers and sisters of present or past pupils, and eldest child
  5. Children of employees
  6. Tie breaker: surname initial letter from randomised letter order

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (55 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.9 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 68%, got 73.2% (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 3.20pm source
  • Sport: Swimming, Tennis, Football, Rugby source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2569592061
2025/2669480048
2026/2769550055

In 2026/27, 55 of the 55 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
19.5%
Special educational needs
71 pupils (44 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 74%, Catholic 8.9%, other or none 17.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
73.2%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
92.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
67.6%
2+ A-levels A* to E
97.3%
Year 12 pupils counted
56
A-level pupils counted
37

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 69 (whole school: 425)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24697474
2024/25696565
2025/26695858

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 5210097

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