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Lisneal College

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70 Crescent Link Road, Londonderry, BT47 5FQ

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
1,192
Year 8
204
Council
Derry City and Strabane

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils who have another child of the family currently enrolled in the school.
  2. Pupils transferring from one of sixteen named contributory primary schools.
  3. Pupils who are the eldest child of the family to be eligible to apply for admission.
  4. All other pupils.
  5. Tie-break: initial letter of surname, in the fixed published letter order.
  6. Tie-break: where surname and forename(s) are identical, chronological order of date of birth.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (148 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 60%, got 63.1% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25178173121178
2025/26178169260187
2026/27178148142164

In 2026/27, 148 of the 148 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
33.5%
Special educational needs
231 pupils (147 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 73.7%, Catholic 9.2%, other or none 17.1%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
63.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
96.8%
3+ A-levels A* to C
70.7%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
187
A-level pupils counted
58

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 178 (whole school: 960)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24192212212
2024/25178210204
2025/26178207205

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

School's note: *Total Admissions 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.

Sources

DENI reference 2210306

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