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St John the Baptist's College

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4 Moy Road, Portadown, BT62 1QQ

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
563
Year 8
115
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils whose permanent residence is within one of nine named contributory parishes, in the order given.
  2. Pupils who attend a primary school in the named contributory parishes.
  3. Pupils with a child of the family currently enrolled at the college, or enrolled in the last 7 years.
  4. Pupils who are the eldest child of the family eligible to apply for admission.
  5. Pupils whose parent or guardian is an employee of the school, or has been appointed to a post in the school.
  6. Tie-break: Transfer Application lists the college as first preference.
  7. Tie-break: Transfer Application lists the college as second, third or fourth preference.
  8. Tie-break: fixed published surname-letter order, applied to surname as on the birth certificate.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (120 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.3 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 1.3 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 60%, got 60% (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 8.45am to 3.05pm source
  • Has a learning support centre source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2510012131125
2025/2610010010101
2026/2710012041125

In 2026/27, 120 of the 120 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
32.3%
Special educational needs
149 pupils (49 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 1.6%, Catholic 88.5%, other or none 9.9%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
60%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
100%
3+ A-levels A* to C
none
2+ A-levels A* to E
none
Year 12 pupils counted
85
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: 100 (whole school: 500)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24100115111
2024/25100130130
2025/26100117115

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

School's note: *Includes pupils with SEN / Temporary Variation **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 5230321

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