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St Patrick's High School

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Maddan Road, Keady, BT60 3JZ

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
1,055
Year 8
169
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

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Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Category A: pupils whose current primary school or normal residence is in the traditional contributory parishes.
  2. Category A: child of the family currently enrolled, or eldest child of the family.
  3. Category A: applicant whose parent or guardian is permanent staff and who attends a Partner Primary School.
  4. Category B: pupils whose current primary school is in the contributory parishes, irrespective of residence.
  5. Category B: child of the family currently enrolled, or eldest child of the family.
  6. Category C: pupils from named primary schools which traditionally contributed to the intake, and residence in the contributory parishes.
  7. Category C: child of the family currently enrolled, or eldest child of the family.
  8. Category D: all other applicants.
  9. Tie-breaker: selection by initial letter of surname in a fixed order, applied within each category.
  10. Tie-breaker: preference to younger pupils by date of birth, applied within each category.
  11. Final tie-breaker: computerised random selection.

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 (158 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 68%, got 68.8% (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

  • Sport: Golf source
  • Sixth form with about 16 A-level subjects source
  • Has a learning support centre source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2516017101170
2025/2616015000150
2026/2716015800158

In 2026/27, 158 of the 158 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
18.9%
Special educational needs
175 pupils (59 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.5%, Catholic 98%, other or none 1.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
68.8%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
86.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
51.2%
2+ A-levels A* to E
97.7%
Year 12 pupils counted
154
A-level pupils counted
86

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 160 (whole school: 1,000)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24160170170
2024/25160183182
2025/26160151169

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

School's note: *These figures include pupils with statements of SEN and Appeals. **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.

Sources

DENI reference 5230187

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