SEAGReady

Lurgan Junior High School

Save or compare in the school finderFind schools near you

Toberhewny Lane Lower, Lurgan, BT66 8SU

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
708
Year 8
228
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils transferring from one of 15 named contributory primary schools (50 points).
  2. Pupils transferring from a non-contributory primary school (30 points).
  3. Pupils with a sibling enrolled at the school in 2025/2026 (20 points).
  4. Pupils with a sibling previously enrolled at the school (10 points).
  5. Pupils for whom the school is closest post-primary school to home, non-selective, from a non-contributory primary (10 points).
  6. Pupils who are the eldest child (15 points).
  7. Equal points resolved by initial letter of surname, in the order set out in the document.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

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

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

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25250217113231
2025/26250193197219
2026/2725019463203

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
16.4%
Special educational needs
167 pupils (44 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 41.5%, Catholic 4.9%, other or none 53.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

Not in the 2024/25 results. This school has no Year 12 pupils.

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 250 (whole school: 750)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24250238243
2024/25250237248
2025/26250218228

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

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 5210271

Schools near Lurgan Junior High School