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134 Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 5HP

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
1,213
Year 8
215
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Criterion 1: child of the family already enrolled at the school at date of application (fostered and adopted children included).
  2. Criterion 2: resident in postal districts BT14, BT15, BT29, BT36, BT37, BT38, BT39 or BT41 at date of application.
  3. Criterion 3: transferring from a grant maintained integrated or controlled integrated primary school.
  4. Criterion 4: all other applicants.
  5. Tie-break (a): applicant placed Integrated College Glengormley at a higher preference, preference one first.
  6. Tie-break (b): surname initial in the printed random letter order (N S D T B K F I Mc H Q E J P C R U L W Mac Z A M O G X V Y).
  7. Tie-break (c): oldest pupil first by date of birth.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (151 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 58%, got 53.6% (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
2024/252101341718169
2025/26210162147183
2026/2721015176164

In 2026/27, 151 of the 151 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
36.3%
Special educational needs
412 pupils (176 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 61.7%, Catholic 6.7%, other or none 31.7%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
53.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
90.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
61.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
166
A-level pupils counted
36

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for 2026.

Year 8 places: 210 (whole school: 1,250)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24210230230
2024/25210212212
2025/26210218216

Applications count every family that named the school at any preference, not only first preferences.

School's note: *The Total Admissions for Year 2025/26 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. The criteria for admission to years 9 onwards is available from the school office.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Open event: Open Evening, Wednesday 7th January 2026

Sources

DENI reference 3250202

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