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Cookstown High School

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

Coolnafranky Demesne, Cookstown BT80 8PQ · cookstownhighschool.org · 028 8676 3632

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Overview

Places left
257
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
897
October 2025 census
District council
Mid Ulster
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Controlled
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
165 pupils (18%)
Special educational needs
135 pupils (15%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
54 pupils (6%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
81 pupils (9%)
Newcomer pupils
21 pupils (2%)

From the Department of Education’s school enrolment (school level) data and available places, and the 2016 school locations on OpenDataNI.

Admissions

The Department of Education’s available places for 2025/26, for Cookstown High School: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 1,100, 897 pupils on the roll at the October census, 257 places left. These are places left after the October census, not a chance of getting in: admission depends on each school’s admissions criteria and on the number of applications.

Places

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Post-primary1,10089754257

Per year

Year 8167
Year 9144
Year 10136
Year 11161
Year 12148
Year 1385
Year 1456

Entry year

Inspection

The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspects schools in Northern Ireland and publishes a report on each inspection. Its reports of 2012 to 2020 sum up their findings in a table, shown here in ETI’s own words; earlier and later reports give written findings only. Nothing here is set beside an Ofsted outcome.

Latest report
5 Mar 2025
Report of a post-primary inspection
Ratings from
16 Jan 2020
Not rated · Action short of strike

Other reports

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