St Catherine's College, Armagh: admissions and open evenings

2 Convent Road, Armagh, BT60 4BG

Non-selective · Girls · Catholic maintained

against these criteria.

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

Sisters or half-sisters of present or past pupils whose Transfer Form expresses a 1st preference.
Daughters of members of the school staff whose Transfer Form expresses a 1st preference.
Pupils attending any primary school in the Parish of Armagh who are the eldest female child, with a 1st preference.
Eldest female child from any other primary school, with a 1st preference.
Pupils attending any primary school in the Parish of Armagh, with a 1st preference.
Pupils attending any other primary school, with a 1st preference.
Pupils living nearest the school, measured as the crow flies by a data agency, with a 1st preference.
Older children, by date of birth from the birth certificate, with a 1st preference. Alphabetical surname rules then apply.
Pupils whose Transfer Form expresses a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th preference, admitted in that order after the above.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

1 of the 193 children who put it first was not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 200 applications were considered for 185 places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.1 in 2026/27.

Expected about 67%, got 84.3% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

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.

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
Year	Places	Put it 1st	2nd	3rd or later	Admitted
2024/25	185	224	4	3	224
2025/26	185	206	1	0	206
2026/27	185	193	2	5	192

In 2026/27, 192 of the 193 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.

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.9%, Catholic 92.4%, other or none 6.7%

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

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 185 (whole school: 1,145)

Applications and admissions in recent years
Year	Places	Applications (all preferences)	Admitted
2023/24	143	173	164
2024/25	143	188	178
2025/26	153	153	153

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

School's note: *Temp Variation

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

DENI reference 5230218

St Catherine's College