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St Colm's High School

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70 Summerhill Drive, Dunmurry, BT17 0BT

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
727
Year 8
121
Council
Belfast

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils with a brother or sister presently enrolled in the school, stage one.
  2. Pupils who are the first in their family to transfer to a mainstream school but not the eldest child.
  3. Tie-break: closest to school within a 3 mile radius, measured using Google Maps.
  4. Tie-break: random selection by computer where applicants live the same distance from the school.

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 (104 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.8 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 38%, got 41.9% (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
2024/2513210741112
2025/26132951096
2026/2713210432109

In 2026/27, 104 of the 104 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
70.4%
Special educational needs
325 pupils (101 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 94.6%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
41.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
92.5%
3+ A-levels A* to C
28%
2+ A-levels A* to E
76%
Year 12 pupils counted
93
A-level pupils counted
25

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 132 (whole school: 680)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24132124139
2024/25132118135
2025/26132100122

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

School's note: *Includes statemented pupils. **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 4230223

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