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St Patrick's College

Post-primaryAges 11–18Catholic maintainedLearning support centreNon-grammar

25 Coleraine Road, Maghera, BT46 5BN · Mid Ulster

Maghera’s School Grade A+ against Northern Ireland’s towns

Directions
Its letter
98%
of Northern Ireland’s 120 non-grammar schools have lower GCSE results
How full
1,300 of 1,355 places
55 places free for 2025/26
Free school meals
11%
of pupils · outlined square = Northern Ireland’s post-primary schools (23%)
Special needs
15%
on the SEN register, 89 with a statement (Northern Ireland: 17%)
The gist

What stands out about St Patrick's College

  • Its own letter, A+: 91% of Year 12 got 5+ GCSEs A*–C with English and maths, against 60% at the average non-grammar school
  • Mostly one community: 98% Catholic
  • A sixth form of 324: 78% of its A-level pupils got 3+ A*–C
  • 55 of 1,355 places free this year

Results

DE · exams 2024/25 · 203 Year 12 pupils

Each bar is a group of schools. The schools St Patrick's College beats are shaded green.

5+ GCSEs A*–C with English and maths 91%

Against Northern Ireland’s 120 non-grammar schools: higher than 98%. Against all 186: higher than 69%.

0%20%40%60%80%100%NI non-grammar avg 59.8%St Patrick's College 91%

3+ A-levels A*–C 78%

147 final-year A-level pupils · higher than 68% of Northern Ireland’s 155 schools with A-level pupils

0%20%40%60%80%100%NI avg 66.7%St Patrick's College 78%

Department of Education, examination performance at post-primary schools 2024/25. Also: 95% got 5+ GCSEs A*–C in any subjects.

Pupils

DE school census · October 2025 · 1,389 pupils

Each year group

Years 8 to 12 to GCSE, then the sixth form (dark bars).

219
208
207
216
215
174
150
Y8Y9Y10Y11Y12Y13Y14

Who goes here

Pupils by religion.

ProtestantCatholicOther Christian, other religion, none or not statedNot published (fewer than 5 pupils)
St Patrick's Collegeone community
Northern Ireland’s post-primary schoolsmixed

174 pupils are in Year 13 for 215 in Year 12, about 81 for every 100. 204 pupils are on the special needs register: 115 supported by the school at stages 1 and 2, and 89 with a statement. The school has a learning support centre, a specialist class of 27 pupils. 1% are newcomer pupils, who don’t yet have the language of the curriculum.

Department of Education, school enrolment, school level data 2025/26: year groups, religion, SEN, newcomers.

Pupils over time

Pupil numbers over time

Published school census enrolments, by academic year.

04008001,2001,6002016/172019/202022/232025/26Pupils

Department of Education school censuses, 2016/17–2025/26. This school’s reference number throughout; primary totals include attached nursery classes. Later workbooks separate specialist provision in mainstream; combined totals are used where published. Missing counts stay missing.

Its letter

How the letter is worked out

Northern Ireland selects at 11. Grammar schools average 94% of pupils with five good GCSEs including English and maths, non-grammar schools 60%. Ranked against all 186 schools together, a non-grammar school would be held to grammar-school intakes, and a grammar school would look outstanding for its intake alone. So St Patrick's College’s A+ is its place among Northern Ireland’s 120 non-grammar schools: better than 98% of them. Among all schools it is better than 69%.

The bands are the site’s own: A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, and so on down to D− for the bottom 5%. It rests on one year’s results; Northern Ireland publishes no progress measure.

Nearby

Schools near St Patrick's College

Every mainstream school within 3 km. Post-primary schools are squares, with their letter; integrated schools are teal.

1 km2 km3 kmNA+St Patrick's College

The five nearest

Nearby schools

Schools of the same phase near St Patrick's College

Nearest first, within the same nation, as the crow flies. Up to 8 km, or 25 km where there are fewer than three nearby. Catchments and admissions rules decide which school a child gets.

St Colm's High School
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Catholic maintained
A
383 pupils82% GCSEs0 places free8.8 km away
St Conor's College
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Catholic maintained
B
561 pupils63% GCSEs135 places free9.6 km away
Rainey Endowed Grammar
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Voluntary grammar
B−
776 pupils98% GCSEs0 places free10.6 km away
St Mary's Grammar
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Voluntary grammar
A−
1,156 pupils99% GCSEs0 places free10.9 km away
Sperrin Integrated College
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Grant-maintained integrated
A
Integrated
759 pupils78% GCSEs0 places free11 km away
St Pius X College
Post-primary · Ages 11–18 · Catholic maintained
B+
1,131 pupils66% GCSEs0 places free11.3 km away

St Patrick's College: common questions

Is St Patrick's College a good school?

By its published GCSE results it earns an A+ among Northern Ireland’s non-grammar schools: 91% of its Year 12 pupils got 5 or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and maths in 2024/25, against 60% at the average non-grammar school.

How many pupils go to St Patrick's College?

1,389 in October 2025.

Are there places at St Patrick's College?

For 2025/26 the Department of Education counts 55 places free of its approved enrolment of 1,355. Apply through the Education Authority, in Primary 7.

Not on this page yet: the Education and Training Inspectorate’s latest report and the school’s budget per pupil.

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