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St Joseph's High School

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77 Dundalk Road, Crossmaglen, BT35 9HP

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
890
Year 8
168
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Category A: residents of the named Creggan-area parishes who attend one of the listed named primary schools.
  2. Category A: residents of the same named parishes who attend a primary school other than those listed in criterion 1.
  3. Category A: pupils from other parishes who attend one of the listed named primary schools.
  4. Category A: pupils whose parent or guardian is a permanent member of the school teaching, ancillary or auxiliary staff.
  5. Sub-criterion (applied within each category): first preference, with a sibling currently in attendance at the school.
  6. Sub-criterion: first preference, with a sibling previously in attendance at the school.
  7. Sub-criterion: first preference, and the first eligible child in the family transferring to second level education.
  8. Sub-criterion: first preference, not qualifying under the three preceding sub-criteria.
  9. Sub-criterion: pupils the Board regards as having special circumstances (medical, social or security).
  10. Sub-criterion: second preference for the school.
  11. Sub-criterion: third preference for the school.
  12. Sub-criterion: fourth preference for the school.
  13. Sub-criterion: fifth preference for the school.
  14. Tie-break: random selection for the final place if more than one applicant remains.

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 (151 children).

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 79.8% (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
2024/2512014311143
2025/2612014931149
2026/2712015130154

In 2026/27, 151 of the 151 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
26%
Special educational needs
160 pupils (58 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 98.2%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
79.8%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
83.7%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
109
A-level pupils counted
49

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 120 (whole school: 600)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24120154166
2024/25120145154
2025/26120157168

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

School's note: *figure includes pupils with a full statement of SEN/ Temporary Variation approved for additional places / ECB Appeals/ Admissions Appeals.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 5230167

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