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Irish Green Street, Limavady, BT49 9AN

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
583
Year 8
77
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils who normally reside in the Parishes of Limavady, Magilligan and Faughanvale Parish.
  2. Pupils who at the date of application have a child of the family currently enrolled at the school.
  3. Pupils from the parishes of Strathfoyle, Waterside, Ardmore, Errigal, Dungiven, Claudy, Coleraine and Banagher.
  4. First application from a family with no previous connection with the school.
  5. Pupils from other parishes.
  6. Final selection by initial letter(s) of surname from a fixed randomised order.

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 (79 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.5 in 2024/25, 0.5 in 2025/26, 0.7 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 60%, got 45.1% (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
2024/25130673171
2025/26130605065
2026/271307912596

In 2026/27, 79 of the 79 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
33.1%
Special educational needs
109 pupils (57 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 2.9%, Catholic 93.1%, other or none 3.9%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
45.1%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
89.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
53.5%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
113
A-level pupils counted
43

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 130 (whole school: 750)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130115114
2024/251308079
2025/261306977

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 include 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 2230077

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