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Magherafelt High School

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30 Moneymore Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6AF

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
648
Year 8
106
Council
Mid Ulster

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils transferring from the named traditional feeder primary schools.
  2. Applicants with a sibling currently attending the school.
  3. Tie-break: where two or more children have the same date of birth, preference is given to the eldest.
  4. Tie-break: if children still have the same date of birth, places are allocated by initial letter(s) of surname (as on birth certificate) in a set order.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (88 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 52.7% (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 9am to 3.10pm source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25100924197
2025/26100915197
2026/27100884193

In 2026/27, 88 of the 88 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
25.5%
Special educational needs
105 pupils (62 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 81.5%, Catholic 2%, other or none 16.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
52.7%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
71.8%
3+ A-levels A* to C
68.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
94.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
110
A-level pupils counted
38

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for 2026.

Year 8 places: 100 (whole school: 600)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/2410092108
2024/25100102109
2025/26100102108

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

School's note: This table does not include children who were admitted to the school with a statement of special educational needs.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria. Non-selective. No SEAG or entrance assessment is used.

Open event: Open night Thursday 15th January 2026. Principal's address in the Assembly Hall, followed by a school tour. Primary 6 and 7 pupils and parents welcome.

Sources

DENI reference 3210035

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