St Mary's College, Irvinestown: admissions and open evenings

40 Church Street, Irvinestown, BT94 1EL

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

against these criteria.

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

Pupils who normally reside in the parishes of Ederney, Irvinestown, Trillick or Belleek, not in order of preference.
Pupils from outside those parishes with a brother or sister presently enrolled in the college.
Pupils from other parishes.
Punctual applications are considered before late applications.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (16 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.6 in 2024/25, 0.3 in 2025/26, 0.3 in 2026/27.

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
Year	Places	Put it 1st	2nd	3rd or later	Admitted
2024/25	62	33	4	1	38
2025/26	62	18	0	0	18
2026/27	62	16	0	0	16

In 2026/27, 16 of the 16 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.

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 2.7%, Catholic 90.9%, other or none 6.5%

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

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 62 (whole school: 310)

Applications and admissions in recent years
Year	Places	Applications (all preferences)	Admitted
2023/24	62	37	37
2024/25	62	50	50
2025/26	35	35	35

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

School's note: *These figures include statemented children.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

DENI reference 2230109

St Mary's College