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St John's Business and Enterprise College

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37 Omagh Road, Dromore, BT78 3AL

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
130
Year 8
23
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children who normally reside in the named parishes of Dromore, Donacavey, Kilskeery and Drumquin, not in order of preference.
  2. Children from outside those parishes with a brother or sister currently enrolled in the school.
  3. Children whose brother or sister is a past student of the school.
  4. Children whose parent or guardian is a permanent member of the school staff.
  5. Children from parishes not included in criterion 1.
  6. Over-subscription within any criterion is decided by proximity of home to 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 (25 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.2 in 2024/25, 0.2 in 2025/26, 0.3 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 57%, got 57.9% (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.

School life

  • Sport: Gaelic football, Athletics, Golf source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2590140014
2025/2690160016
2026/2790252128

In 2026/27, 25 of the 25 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
38.5%
Special educational needs
67 pupils (20 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
No
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 93.1%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
57.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
100%
3+ A-levels A* to C
none
2+ A-levels A* to E
none
Year 12 pupils counted
38
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: 90 (whole school: 450)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24902420
2024/25902222
2025/26902323

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 2230148

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