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Lisnagarvey High School

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Warren Gardens, Lisburn, BT28 1HN

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
614
Year 8
117
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. A: Sibling living at the same address and currently enrolled at the school.
  2. B: A sibling previously attended for three consecutive academic years within the last seven years; name must be on the Transfer Application.
  3. C: Parent employed at the school on a permanent basis (minimum one year) or a school Governor.
  4. D: Eldest or only child of the family at the date of application; must be stated on the Transfer Application.
  5. E: Surname-initial random order; identical initials use later letters, then forename initials, then a randomised computer selection.

The school's criteria

Getting in

30 of the 124 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 140 applications were considered for 100 places. Places ran out at criterion E: Surname-letter order selected three applicants through initial J. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.4 in 2025/26, 1.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 58%, got 70.1% (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

  • Sport: Netball, Football, Rugby source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2510010457100
2025/2610013224100
2026/2710012469100

In 2026/27, 94 of the 124 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
36.2%
Special educational needs
115 pupils (72 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 66.9%, Catholic 6%, other or none 27%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
70.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
93.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
84.6%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
87
A-level pupils counted
26

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 100 (whole school: 569)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24100140100
2024/25100127100
2025/26100138117

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 15 January 2026 from 7.00 to 9.00 pm; Principal's address at 7.00 pm.

Sources

DENI reference 4210051

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