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Glastry College

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14 Victoria Road, Ballyhalbert, BT22 1DQ

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
627
Year 8
119
Council
Ards and North Down

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Applicants with an older sibling enrolled at the college when the Transfer Application is completed (sibling must be named).
  2. Applicants transferring from the Group A traditional feeder primary schools.
  3. Applicants transferring from the Group B traditional feeder primary schools.
  4. Applicants who have had a sibling who previously attended the college (sibling must be named).
  5. Pupils whose parent or parents are permanent employees of the college.
  6. All other pupils.
  7. Tie-breaker A: applicants listing Glastry College as first preference non-selective post primary school.
  8. Tie-breaker B: applicants listing Glastry College as second preference non-selective post primary school.
  9. Tie-breaker C: applicants for whom Glastry College is the nearest suitable school by Ordnance Survey web distance.
  10. In all cases, preference to pupils whose permanent residence is in Northern Ireland at proposed admission.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (71 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.9 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 0.9 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 62%, got 59.6% (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.

School life

  • Asks for a voluntary contribution source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251106726598
2025/26110742912110
2026/2711071247102

In 2026/27, 71 of the 71 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
28.4%
Special educational needs
171 pupils (43 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 67%, Catholic 1.3%, other or none 31.7%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
59.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
78.7%
3+ A-levels A* to C
hidden (fewer than 5 pupils)
2+ A-levels A* to E
69.8%
Year 12 pupils counted
89
A-level pupils counted
43

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 110 (whole school: 600)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24110106106
2024/25110103103
2025/26110124118

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.

Open event: The Open Night will be held on Monday 19 January 2026. The event will begin at 6:30pm with the Principal's address at 7:00pm.

Sources

DENI reference 4210046

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