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Strangford Integrated College

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Abbey Road, Millisle, BT22 2GB

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
833
Year 8
147
Council
Ards and North Down

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Stage 1 Grammar Pathway (46 places, 35%): places allocated by rank order of SEAG TSAS, highest first. Requires a scan of the original SEAG result.
  2. Stage 1 tie-break: applicants with a sibling currently enrolled at the College.
  3. Stage 1 tie-break: eldest or only child of the family.
  4. Stage 1 tie-break: applicants transferring from a grant maintained or controlled integrated primary school.
  5. Stage 1 tie-break: remaining places by unique random computerised number (1-500).
  6. Stage 2 All-Ability (84 places, 65%): Other-faith or no-faith category capped at 30% (25 places); balance split between Catholic and Protestant.
  7. Stage 2 All-Ability: applicants who have placed the College as first preference, within each religious category.
  8. Stage 2 tie-break: applicants with a sibling currently enrolled at the College.
  9. Stage 2 tie-break: eldest or only child of the family.
  10. Stage 2 tie-break: applicants transferring from a grant maintained or controlled Integrated Primary School.
  11. Stage 2 tie-break: remaining places by unique random computerised number (1-500).

The school's criteria

Getting in

Hard to get into

112 of the 241 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry (its places given by SEAG score): places by SEAG score went to 190 and above. source

For September 2026 entry, 263 applications were considered for 130 places. Places ran out at criterion Eldest/Only Child criterion: All Ability Pathway places ran out among first-choice eldest or only children in each religious category. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.6 in 2024/25, 1.6 in 2025/26, 1.9 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 63%, got 63.6% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25130192125130
2025/26130197116130
2026/2713024174130

In 2026/27, 129 of the 241 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
27.4%
Special educational needs
175 pupils (73 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Rural

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 39.3%, Catholic 16.9%, other or none 43.8%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
63.6%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
80.5%
3+ A-levels A* to C
56.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
118
A-level pupils counted
57

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: 760)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130241131
2024/25130210132
2025/26130219147

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

School's note: *Additional students admitted by appeal/exceptional circumstances | **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.

Sources

DENI reference 4260295

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