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Killicomaine Junior High School

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Upper Church Lane, Portadown, BT63 5JE

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
613
Year 8
202
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils who attended one of the 19 named contributory primary schools.
  2. Children whose brother or sister is currently enrolled at the school during 2025/26.
  3. Children whose brother or sister previously attended the school.
  4. Pupils whose parents nominate the school as first preference on the Transfer form.
  5. Applicants who are the eldest child of the family, as defined in the document's footnote.
  6. Children of permanent members of teaching or ancillary staff.
  7. Pupils for whom the school is the nearest Controlled Junior High School to their home.
  8. Tie-break: selection by initial letter of surname in a randomly determined letter order printed in the document.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (170 children).

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

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2522719221195
2025/2622718661193
2026/2722717041175

In 2026/27, 170 of the 170 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
12.2%
Special educational needs
89 pupils (17 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 66.7%, Catholic 9.5%, other or none 23.8%

Exam results (2024/25)

Not in the 2024/25 results. This school has no Year 12 pupils.

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 227 (whole school: 680)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24227217217
2024/25227202197
2025/26227192202

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 5210054

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