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20 Sallagh Park, Larne, BT40 1NT

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
833
Year 8
135
Council
Mid and East Antrim

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils with any sibling relationship with a present pupil of the school.
  2. Pupils who are the eldest child in their family.
  3. Pupils who have selected Larne High School as their first preference school.
  4. Pupils attending a primary school deemed local to Larne High School (Note 1 list).
  5. Preference for pupils not meeting criterion 1 who attend primary schools that have traditionally transferred pupils (Note 2 list).
  6. Pupils with a sibling relationship with any former pupil of the school.
  7. Applicants entitled to receive free school meals.
  8. Those whose homes are closest to the school front entrance, measured by direct distance on an Ordnance Survey map.
  9. Final decision, if still unresolved: random selection.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (88 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 59%, got 50.5% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251357618195
2025/2613585160101
2026/2713588190107

In 2026/27, 88 of the 88 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
35.2%
Special educational needs
376 pupils (159 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 64.7%, Catholic 6.1%, other or none 29.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
50.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
86%
3+ A-levels A* to C
75.9%
2+ A-levels A* to E
98.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
107
A-level pupils counted
79

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

Admissions

From the 2025 criteria, the latest we could find. The September 2027 criteria are published on 9 December 2026.

Year 8 places: 135 (whole school: 750)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2022/2313511698
2023/24135103118
2024/25135106112

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

School's note: This table includes children who were admitted to the school with a statement of special educational needs.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria. No SEAG or entrance test used for Year 8.

Open event: Thursday 16th January 2025, 7.00 to 9.00 p.m. (from the 2025 document; a 2026 date was not found).

Sources

DENI reference 3210038

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