Year 8 Admissions Criteria

When considering which children should be selected for admission, the Board of Governors will only take into account information which is detailed on or attached to the application form.

Parents should therefore ensure that all information pertaining to their chil and relevant to the school's admission criteria is stated on the application form or attached to it.

Respective functions of the Board of Governors and Principal in relation to Admissions to the school.

The Board of Governors formulate and review the Admission Criteria while the Principal administers the criteria. The Governors also approve admissions.

Criteria

In the event of over-subscription preference will be give in the order 1 to 5 set out below:

1. Pupils who wish to transfer from traditional feeder primary schools, namely:Pupils who already have brothers or sisters in attendance at the school;
   • Ampertain,
   • Bellaghy
   • Castledawson
   • Coagh,
   • Destermartin
   • Drumard
   • Duneane,
   • Kilrea,
   • Kilross,
   • Knockcloughrim,
   • Maghera,
   • Magherafelt,
   • Moneymore,
   • Portglenone,
   • Randalstown,
   • Tobermore,
   • Spires
   • and Woods.
2. Pupils who already have brothers or sisters at the school;
3. Pupils who are the first or only child in the family;
4. Pupils who have a parent in employment at the school;
5. Date of birth will be used as a tie break with preference being given to the eldest. If two or more have the same date of birth then distance from home to school with the closest children having preference will be applied;

Applicants should note they may be required to produce documents verifying information pertinent to the school's admission criteria.

Admissions to Year 8 After 1 September 2014

Parents who wish to have their child considered for adission in the event of a place arising after 1 September 2014 should write to the principals secretary clearly stating this. In the event of a vacancy arising the above criteria will be applied to these applications only.

Year 8 Applications and Admissions

Supporting Sporting Achievement

Through the dedication and skills of the PE department, Magherafelt High School has a proud history of fostering and developing sporting talent in our students.

This enables our students to compete with the very best and most talented students from across Northern Ireland, a fact confirmed by our students recent success at regional athletics meetings.

The school has produced students who have represented their country at various levels in a range of sports including netball, football, athletics, rugby. We are very proud of these achievements and strive to generate interest in sporting endeavours, develop talent and provide opportunities for learning about life and work in the process.

This area of the school website will provide links to our  school athletics records and a list of students who have represented their country in their chosen sport.

Magherafelt High School Athletics Records

Boys

Magherafelt High School Athletics Records

Girls

The Course

The aim of this course is to provide students with a broad introduction to the business sector and encourage students to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in realistic business contexts, such as discovering the problems and opportunities faced by local businesses and/or organising an enterprise activity.

AS content and assessment are presented as stepping stones to A2.  If you wish to obtain a full A Level qualification, you must complete the AS course in Year 13 and the A2 course in Year 14.

Structure of the AS Applied Business

Three unit AS Award – Students are required to take all three units.

Structure of the AS Applied Business

Three A2 Units – students are required to take 3 units.  Units 7 and 9 are compulsory and students then have an optional Unit which will be chosen by the teacher.