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Strabane Academy, Liskey Road

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61 Derry Road, Strabane, BT82 8LD

Grammar · Mixed · Controlled · SEAG member

Pupils
660
Year 8
109
Council
Derry City and Strabane

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Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Route 1 (academic, 55 places): strict rank order of SEAG TSAS, highest first, up to the admissions number of 55.
  2. Route 2 (all-ability, no test scores): child of the family currently enrolled at the school (name and registration group must be stated).
  3. Route 2: eldest child of the family eligible to transfer to a mainstream post-primary school (proof required).
  4. Route 2: children transferring from Controlled Primary Schools (no named schools).
  5. Route 2: children transferring from Maintained Primary Schools (no named schools).
  6. Route 1 tie-break for the last place: surname A to Z, then a fixed printed order of surname initials.
  7. Route 2 tie-break: rank order by birthday tie, then surname A to Z, then a fixed printed order.

The school's criteria

Getting in

11 of the 136 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, 136 applications were considered for 125 places. Places ran out at criterion Route 2 Criterion 2: The statement explicitly locates initial oversubscription at Route 2 Criterion 2 and uses surname A-to-Z rank order; temporary variations subsequently admitted all eligible Criterion 2 and Criterion 3 applicants. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 1.2 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 81%, got 75.5% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2511012400110
2025/2611010200102
2026/2711013600125

In 2026/27, 125 of the 136 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
24.2%
Special educational needs
72 pupils (50 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 45.5%, Catholic 43.8%, other or none 10.8%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
75.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
94.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
79.3%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
102
A-level pupils counted
29

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 110 (whole school: 700)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24110120117
2024/25110123121
2025/26110109109

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

School's note: *Includes statemented pupils and/or a Temporary Variation **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. Route 1 (academic) fills 50% of the Admissions Number (55 pupils) using SEAG TSAS. Route 2 (all-ability) uses no test scores.

Sources

DENI reference 2410311

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