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St Ciaran's College

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15 Tullybryan Road, Ballygawley, BT70 2LY

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
884
Year 8
158
Council
Mid Ulster

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Residence in the listed parishes (Aghaloo, Aughavea/Aughentaine, Beragh, Clogher, Errigal Ciaran, Eskra, Killeeshil).
  2. Applicants with a sibling currently attending the school.
  3. Children who attend St. Joseph’s Primary School, Galbally.
  4. Children not resident in a contributory parish who attend one of the listed contributory primary schools.
  5. The eldest child of the family.
  6. Age: the eldest applicants, established by date of birth on a birth certificate.
  7. Tie-break: surname placement in a rank order from a random selection of letters.
  8. Final tie-break by random selection.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

9 of the 153 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 72%, got 76.7% (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

  • School day 9.15am to 3.40pm source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2512514735146
2025/2612514322143
2026/2712515365150

In 2026/27, 144 of the 153 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
11.9%
Special educational needs
112 pupils (60 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

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

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
76.7%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
93.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
55.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
98.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
116
A-level pupils counted
78

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 125 (whole school: 760)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24125154145
2024/25125156148
2025/26*125152158

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 5230152

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