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Slemish Integrated College

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147A Larne Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HA

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
1,076
Year 8
183
Council
Mid and East Antrim

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Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Stage 1 Grammar Entry (35% of places): strict rank order of SEAG TSAS, highest first, up to 35% of the admissions number.
  2. Stage 2 (65% of places) is split: 20% Other, 40% Catholic, 40% Protestant. Criteria apply within each category.
  3. Stage 2: child of the family currently enrolled at the College, with the school as first preference.
  4. Stage 2: child of the family accepted through Stage 1 for Year 8 in 2026/27, with the school as first preference.
  5. Stage 2: eldest child currently in education, with a child of the family who previously attended to end of KS4, school as first preference.
  6. Stage 2: eldest child, with the school as first preference. Verification letter required.
  7. Stage 2: child currently at a grant maintained or controlled integrated primary for all of KS2, with the school as first preference.
  8. Stage 2: child of the family who previously applied for the school as first choice for Year 8 and was unsuccessful.
  9. Stage 2: all other applicants.
  10. Stage 1 tie-break (last place, equal TSAS): child of the family currently enrolled at the College.
  11. Stage 1 tie-break: eldest child currently in education, with a child of the family who previously attended to end of KS4.
  12. Stage 1 tie-break: eldest child.
  13. Stage 1 tie-break: child currently at an integrated primary school and attended one for all of KS2.
  14. Stage 1 tie-break: child of the family who previously applied for the school as first choice for Year 8 and was unsuccessful.
  15. Stage 1 tie-break: all other applicants.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Hard to get into

99 of the 255 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry (its places given by SEAG score): the lowest SEAG score admitted was 197. source

For September 2026 entry, 285 applications were considered for 165 places. Places ran out at criterion 4: Final All Ability Entry places in each religious group were allocated by randomised numbers among eldest or only first-preference applicants. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.6 in 2024/25, 1.5 in 2025/26, 1.7 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 67%, got 75.2% (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
2024/25165232214165
2025/26165223209165
2026/271652551812165

In 2026/27, 156 of the 255 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
19.6%
Special educational needs
181 pupils (86 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 36%, Catholic 34.9%, other or none 29.1%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
75.2%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
97.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
74.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
141
A-level pupils counted
82

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 140 (whole school: 880)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24160299160
2024/25165265165
2025/26165266165

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.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. SEAG Entrance Assessment TSAS is used for Stage 1 Grammar entry.

Open event: Open visits Wed 21 Jan 2026 and Thu 22 Jan 2026, 6.30pm

Sources

DENI reference 3260289

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