St Patrick's Academy, DUNGANNON

St Patrick's Academy is a voluntary school in Northern Ireland, where schools are inspected by the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) rather than Ofsted.

1475 pupils are enrolled and 6% are entitled to free school meals.

47 pupils (3% of those enrolled) are on the special educational needs register at stages 1 to 3 of the Code of Practice, 19 of them with a statement.

In its own words: "As members of the school community of St Patrick’s Academy, we will strive to work in harmony to: We believe that we will help our young people to succeed by providing them with opportunities to: Become actively involved in individual and collective worship and in practical Christian living;"

From the headteacher's welcome: "Dedicated to St Patrick, the Academy has been a beacon for quality Catholic education in Dungannon since 1891. As we settle in to our new school building we work hard to be a centre of excellence for the 21st Century - in short, we want to be a modern school with traditional values."

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Patrick's Academy are St Patrick's College (0.2 miles), The Royal School Dungannon (0.4 miles), Drumglass High School (0.7 miles) and Integrated College Dungannon (0.9 miles).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Patrick's Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Academy School, 280 metres away.

The primary schools closest to St Patrick's Academy are Dungannon Primary School (0.2 miles), St Patrick's Primary School Dungannon (0.3 miles), Gaelscoil Aodha Rua (0.8 miles) and Windmill Integrated Primary School (0.9 miles). As a grammar school, St Patrick's Academy admits pupils mainly on the results of a transfer test, by the criteria in its own admissions policy.