It accepts male and female pupils following primary education.

[1] Children attend for three years and generally transfer to either Portadown College or Craigavon Senior High School.

[citation needed] It follows Craigavon two-tier system, commonly called the Dickson Plan.

In the Dickson plan, pupils attend a Junior High for three years before transferring to a different school for further education.

Though non-denominational, the school has a Protestant ethos, with local Protestant clergy going to the school every Friday for assembly and to take religious classes.