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St Aidan's High School

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138 Main Street, Derrylin, BT92 9PD

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
270
Year 8
65
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils who normally reside in the contributing parishes of Knockninny and Kinawley/Killesher.
  2. Pupils who attend primary schools in the contributing parishes of Knockninny and Kinawley/Killesher, with priority for siblings already enrolled.
  3. Pupils from other parishes with a brother or sister presently enrolled in the school.
  4. Pupils whose parent or guardian is a permanent member of the school's teaching, ancillary or auxiliary staff.
  5. Pupils whose parent or guardian originally came from a contributing parish.
  6. Pupils from other parishes.
  7. Tie-break: closeness to school by shortest walking distance, applied within any oversubscribed criterion.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (57 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.5 in 2024/25, 0.8 in 2025/26, 0.9 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 71%, got 76.1% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2566314035
2025/2666493052
2026/2766571058

In 2026/27, 57 of the 57 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
13%
Special educational needs
105 pupils (35 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 97.4%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
76.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
87%
3+ A-levels A* to C
none
2+ A-levels A* to E
none
Year 12 pupils counted
46
A-level pupils counted
0

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 66 (whole school: 330)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24664949
2024/25665151
2025/26666565

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.

Sources

DENI reference 2230166

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