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Sperrin Integrated College

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39 Pound Road, Magherafelt, BT45 6NR

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
759
Year 8
154
Council
Mid Ulster

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Grammar stream entry, capped at 35% of the intake, for applicants who opt for grammar entry, ranked on academic evidence.
  2. Applicants who have a sibling currently enrolled or previously attended the College, living at the same address.
  3. Children whose parent or guardian has indicated a first or second preference for Sperrin Integrated College.
  4. Children transferring from any Integrated Primary School, Grant Maintained Integrated or Controlled Integrated.
  5. Applicants who are the eldest child of the family.
  6. Two children with the same date of birth: randomised selection of letters, then alphabetical surname and forename order.

The school's criteria

Getting in

5 of the 110 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 131 applications were considered for 100 places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.4 in 2025/26, 1.3 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 68%, got 78.1% (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

  • Sport: Athletics, Dance, Football, Rugby, Gaelic football, Hockey, Netball, Basketball, Badminton, Tennis source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25120119174139
2025/26120136197146
2026/27100110183125

In 2026/27, 105 of the 110 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%
Special educational needs
187 pupils (50 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 20.6%, Catholic 55.9%, other or none 23.6%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
78.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
79.5%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
114
A-level pupils counted
39

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: 600)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24120170134
2024/25120158149
2025/26120199154

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

School's note: * Temporary increase in admission number authorised by the Department of Education

Sources

DENI reference 3260303

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