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Lismore College, Drumgask

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2 Monbrief East Road, Craigavon, BT65 5EF

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
1,329
Year 8
238
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. First preference Lismore and living in the Parish of Moyraverty or Seagoe, or the BT65 traditional catchment postcode.
  2. First preference Lismore and the oldest child, or with older siblings currently at Lismore College.
  3. First preference Lismore and attended one of the 21 traditional primary schools listed.
  4. All other applicants.
  5. Sub-criterion 1 (oversubscription within each criterion): first preference and oldest child or with older siblings at Lismore College.
  6. Sub-criterion 2: first preference and oldest child, or had siblings previously at Lismore College.
  7. Sub-criterion 3: first preference, not qualifying under sub-criteria 1 or 2.
  8. Sub-criterion 4: second preference for Lismore College.
  9. Sub-criterion 5: third preference for Lismore College.
  10. Sub-criterion 6: fourth preference for Lismore College.
  11. Sub-criterion 7: fifth preference for Lismore College.
  12. Tie-break: randomised computer selection of letters.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (194 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 0.9 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 62%, got 62.6% (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.

School life

  • School day 9.05am to 3.25pm source
  • Has a learning support centre source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2521023521210
2025/2621021730210
2026/2721019450199

In 2026/27, 194 of the 194 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
29.3%
Special educational needs
302 pupils (159 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 1.1%, Catholic 90.2%, other or none 8.7%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
62.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
89.5%
3+ A-levels A* to C
66.3%
2+ A-levels A* to E
96.5%
Year 12 pupils counted
171
A-level pupils counted
86

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 210 (whole school: 1,200)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24210245232
2024/25210258233
2025/26210245238

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

School's note: *Including pupils with Statement of Education

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 5230213

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