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St Joseph's Boys' School, Creggan

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Westway, Londonderry, BT48 9NX

Non-selective · Boys · Catholic maintained

Pupils
724
Year 8
130
Council
Derry City and Strabane

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Priority to children who nominate the school as their first preference on the application form.
  2. Sibling presently enrolled, or previously enrolled for at least 2 years or more.
  3. Pupils residing in the parishes of Templemore (formerly St Eugene’s and Longtower) and St Mary’s.
  4. Nearest suitable school as the crow flies to the child's normal residence, including the Waterside parish churches named in the criterion.
  5. Eldest boy or only child in the family.
  6. Special circumstances, supported by documented evidence showing only attendance at St Joseph's would alleviate them.
  7. Parent or guardian is a permanent member of school staff or a member of the Board of Governors.
  8. Child Looked After.
  9. Pupils from all other primary schools in the Derry City area.
  10. Tie-breaker within each criterion: surname initial letter order from a fixed randomised list.

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 (75 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 46%, got 42.2% (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 3pm source
  • Sport: Athletics, Football, Gaelic football, Basketball source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2514092210113
2025/2614091171109
2026/271407521197

In 2026/27, 75 of the 75 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
56.6%
Special educational needs
257 pupils (131 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.7%, Catholic 96.8%, other or none 2.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
42.2%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
86.7%
3+ A-levels A* to C
56.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
92.3%
Year 12 pupils counted
83
A-level pupils counted
39

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 140 (whole school: 850)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24140139139
2024/25140136136
2025/26140130130

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

School's note: *Total Admissions 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.

Open event: Open Night Thursday 8 January 2026 from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Sources

DENI reference 2230131

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