25 Tower Road, Carnlough, BT44 0JS
Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained
- Pupils
- 778
- Year 8
- 122
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
Your chances
against these criteria.
How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:
- Applicants with a sibling enrolled at St Killian’s College at the date of application.
- Applicants who are the eldest child in a family eligible for mainstream post-primary transfer, including only children and joint eldest twins.
- Applicants who are children of current permanent (including part-time) school staff, or staff due to take up appointment by 1 October.
- Applicants who normally reside in one of nine named parishes (Ballymena, Braid, Carnlough, Cushendall, Cushendun, Glenariffe, Glenarm, Glenravel, Larne).
- Applicants attending any maintained, controlled or integrated primary school within the boundaries of the parishes in criterion 4.
- Oversubscription tie-break by randomised order of the initial letter of surname, then subsequent letters.
Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.
Getting in
Usually has spare places
Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (93 children).
Applications per place (all preferences): 0.9 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 0.9 in 2026/27.
Results for its intake
Expected about 68%, got 73.4% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).
Who applied
| Year | Places | Put it 1st | 2nd | 3rd or later | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 135 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 117 |
| 2025/26 | 135 | 103 | 10 | 2 | 115 |
| 2026/27 | 135 | 93 | 21 | 7 | 121 |
In 2026/27, 93 of the 93 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
- 19%
- Special educational needs
- 100 pupils (39 with a statement)
- Has Years 13 and 14
- Yes
- Area
- Rural
Religious background of pupilsProtestant 4.4%, Catholic 86.2%, other or none 9.4%
Exam results (2024/25)
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
- 73.4%
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C
- 87.1%
- 3+ A-levels A* to C
- 63.8%
- 2+ A-levels A* to E
- 100%
- Year 12 pupils counted
- 124
- A-level pupils counted
- 80
Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.
Admissions
From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.
Year 8 places: 135 (whole school: 800)
| Year | Places | Applications (all preferences) | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 135 | 138 | 135 |
| 2024/25 | 135 | 123 | 123 |
| 2025/26 | 135 | 122 | 122 |
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.
Open event: Open Day referenced in 2026 prospectus, no date stated
Sources
- DE school census 2025/26
- Department of Education, SAER 2024/25
- EA analysis of preferences
- School admissions criteria, checked 16 October 2026
- SEAG member schools list, checked 15 October 2026
- School admissions criteria, checked 16 October 2026
- School website, checked 16 October 2026
- OpenStreetMap (school address)
- ETI, checked 15 October 2026
DENI reference 3230310