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Laurelhill Community College

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22 Laurel Hill Road, Lisburn, BT28 2UH

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
959
Year 8
154
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children with an older brother or sister who previously was or is presently enrolled at the College (must be indicated on the Transfer Application).
  2. Children who have a parent currently employed in the school.
  3. Children whose home address is closest to the college, measured using Google Maps from home to school.
  4. Laurelhill selected as a higher preference school on the Transfer Application.
  5. Tie-break: places selected by initial(s) of surname (as on birth certificate) in a set order determined by random selection.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (100 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 1 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 61%, got 64% (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
2024/251751411522175
2025/26160112265143
2026/27160100189127

In 2026/27, 100 of the 100 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
30.7%
Special educational needs
227 pupils (86 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 60.3%, Catholic 5.7%, other or none 34%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
64%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
85.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
52.6%
2+ A-levels A* to E
94.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
164
A-level pupils counted
38

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 160 (whole school: 948)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24175210189
2024/25175195188
2025/26160154154

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: Open Evening Thursday 5 February 2026 for parents/carers and P6 - P7 children.

Sources

DENI reference 4210201

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