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Omagh High School

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14 Crevenagh Road, Omagh, BT79 0EQ

Non-selective · Mixed · Controlled

Pupils
462
Year 8
77
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. (a) Pupils transferring from the school's listed traditional contributory primary schools.
  2. (b) Pupils with special medical, social or other circumstances, supported by written evidence; Board decides.
  3. (c) Pupils with an older brother or sister presently enrolled at the school.
  4. (d) Other pupils.
  5. Tie-break for the last criterion applied: closeness of home to school by shortest walking distance.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (60 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.5 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.6 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 65.8% (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

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25100480048
2025/261005810068
2026/27100602062

In 2026/27, 60 of the 60 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
25.3%
Special educational needs
213 pupils (41 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 64.7%, Catholic 16.7%, other or none 18.6%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
65.8%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
82.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
47.8%
2+ A-levels A* to E
87%
Year 12 pupils counted
73
A-level pupils counted
23

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: 530)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/241009494
2024/251006060
2025/261007777

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: Tuesday 27 January 2025, 1:15pm (Session 1) and 3:15pm (Session 2)

Sources

DENI reference 2210125

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