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Ulidia Integrated College

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112 Victoria Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 7JL

Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated

Pupils
757
Year 8
146
Council
Mid and East Antrim

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Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Grammar or All Ability pathway choice: all applicants score zero rank points for this criterion; pathway quotas apply.
  2. Transferring pupil has a brother, sister or foster brother/sister currently attending the College (same address for half/step siblings).
  3. Parent/carer is an employee of, or member of, the Board of Governors, or is due to take up an appointment in the coming year (criterion 3a).
  4. First child of the family to transfer to mainstream post-primary since 1997 (criterion 3b); twins are joint first.
  5. Pupil is currently in Primary 7 of a Grant-Maintained Integrated or Controlled Integrated primary school.
  6. Parent/carer can demonstrate commitment to Integrated Education, as defined in Note 1.
  7. Parent/carer has indicated a first or second preference for Ulidia Integrated College.
  8. Tie-breaker: order of legal surname initial letters (randomised list); also used for ties at any stage.

The school's criteria

Getting in

19 of the 141 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 161 applications were considered for 142 places. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.5 in 2024/25, 1.7 in 2025/26, 1.5 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 64%, got 59.4% (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
2024/25110136272130
2025/26110173131130
2026/2710014171130

In 2026/27, 122 of the 141 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
25%
Special educational needs
164 pupils (83 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 48.3%, Catholic 20.5%, other or none 31.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
59.4%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
67.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
52.3%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
106
A-level pupils counted
44

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 100 (whole school: 620)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24100222110
2024/25100165130
2025/26100192146

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

School's note: 1 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 any admitted on appeal and/or through ECB.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 3260299

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