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9-29 Chapel Street, Cookstown, BT80 8QB

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
1,015
Year 8
160
Council
Mid Ulster

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils residing in the listed contributory parishes.
  2. Children attending one of the listed primary schools.
  3. Pupils with a sibling or child of the family currently enrolled in the College.
  4. Other pupils ranked by date of birth, oldest first.
  5. Tie-breaker for same date of birth: random surname-letter order.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (149 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.6 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 54.5% (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

  • Has a learning support centre source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2519510698123
2025/2619512283133
2026/2719514945158

In 2026/27, 149 of the 149 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
26.2%
Special educational needs
220 pupils (77 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.7%, Catholic 93.2%, other or none 6.1%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
54.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
90.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
45.2%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
143
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: 195 (whole school: 1,070)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24195155155
2024/25195166166
2025/26195138160

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 5230278

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