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Shimna Integrated College

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3 King Street, Newcastle, BT33 0HD

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
678
Year 8
109
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Applicants who chose Shimna Integrated College as first preference.
  2. Applicants transferring from a controlled integrated or grant-maintained integrated primary school (as defined in the Education Reform Order (NI) 1989).
  3. Applicants who have or have had a sibling enrolled at the College.
  4. Applicants who are the eldest child in the family to transfer from primary education (see notes on eligibility).
  5. Tie-break: places remaining allocated by initial letter of surname, in the set order of letters.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (102 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 66%, got 59% (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.

Getting there

School bus from Newry, Castlewellan, Aughlisnafin, Ballynahinch, Kilkeel. Routes

School life

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251009740100
2025/26100930194
2026/2710010250107

In 2026/27, 102 of the 102 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
21.4%
Special educational needs
147 pupils (65 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 15%, Catholic 54.4%, other or none 30.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
59%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
74%
3+ A-levels A* to C
55.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
92.9%
Year 12 pupils counted
100
A-level pupils counted
56

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: 620)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24100137113
2024/25100101108
2025/2610093109

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.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Open event: Saturday 17 January 2026, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm

Sources

DENI reference 4260281

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