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St Patrick's College

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25 Coleraine Road, Maghera, BT46 5BN

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
1,389
Year 8
219
Council
Mid Ulster

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children who give St Patrick's College as their first preference on the Application Form are given preference.
  2. Child from St Mary's PS (Glenview), St Patrick's PS (Glen), St Brigid's PS (Tirkane), St John's PS (Swatragh) or St Brigid's PS (Mayogall).
  3. Child of the family (sibling) currently enrolled in the College, or being selected for enrolment in September 2026.
  4. Eldest child of the family at the date of application, eligible to apply for admission to the school.
  5. Child of a parent who is currently a permanent member of staff of the College.
  6. Child of the family (sibling) previously enrolled in the College.
  7. Final tie-break: initial letter of the child's surname, using a randomised letter order printed in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

33 of the 222 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 223 applications were considered for 190 places. Places ran out at criterion random surname criteria: Eldest-child applicants were selected by random surname order through M. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.2 in 2026/27.

Results for its intakePunches above its weight

Expected about 72%, got 90.6% (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.

School life

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2519020412195
2025/2619020621205
2026/2719022271190

In 2026/27, 189 of the 222 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
11.2%
Special educational needs
204 pupils (89 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.6%, Catholic 98.1%, other or none 1.4%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
90.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
94.6%
3+ A-levels A* to C
78.2%
2+ A-levels A* to E
99.3%
Year 12 pupils counted
203
A-level pupils counted
147

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 190 (whole school: 1,355)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24190206197
2024/25190207200
2025/26190218219

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

School's note: This table does not include children who were admitted to the school with a statement of Special Educational Needs.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Open event: Open Day Saturday 24th January, 9.30am to 1.00pm, St Patrick Building.

Sources

DENI reference 3230234

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