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St Patrick's Academy

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37 Killymeal Road, Dungannon, BT71 6DS

Grammar · Boys · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
1,475
Year 8
193
Council
Mid Ulster

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Places allocated in rank order of SEAG TSAS, highest to lowest, up to 189 places; ties ranked by criteria 2 to 3.
  2. Applicants who list St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon as their first preference post-primary school.
  3. Applicants with a sibling enrolled at the school, an eldest eligible child, or a sibling of a past pupil.
  4. Tie-breaker: random selection by initial letter of surname in the set order, then computerised random selection.
  5. If places remain after SEAG candidates are admitted, criteria 2 to 3 are applied in order to remaining applicants.

The school's criteria

Getting in

52 of the 265 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

Places depend mostly on the SEAG score, so how many apply says little on its own.

For September 2026 entry: places by score went to 197 and above; the lowest score admitted was 196. source

For September 2026 entry, 284 applications were considered for 189 places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.5 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.5 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 98%, got 98.2% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

0%50%100%0%20%40%Pupils on free school meals
Each dot is a grammar school with 30 or more Year 12 pupils. The dashed line is what schools usually get at each free school meals level.

Getting there

School bus from Carrickmore, Pomeroy, Lurgan, Armagh, Cookstown, Moortown. Routes

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25189250252210
2025/26189192133189
2026/27189265105213

In 2026/27, 213 of the 265 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
6.2%
Special educational needs
47 pupils (19 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 97.8%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
98.2%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.5%
3+ A-levels A* to C
84.9%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
218
A-level pupils counted
172

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 189 (whole school: 1,320)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24189261217
2024/25189262220
2025/26189212193

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

School's note: *Includes Appeals, Pupils with Statement of Special Needs and Pupils Admitted via the Temporary Variations Process | **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)

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. Uses TSAS from the SEAG Entrance Assessment taken on 15 and 22 November 2025, or a Special Provision score.

Open event: Open Day on Friday 30 January 2026 for parents/carers and P6 and P7 pupils. Timeslots shared via contributory primary schools.

Sources

DENI reference 5420304

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