Admissions [Non Yr8]
Admissions into Years 9, 10, 11 from September annually
External applications may be admitted to Years 9, 10, 11 if there are places available in that year group and the school remains within its approved enrolment number.
Parents, who wish for their children to be placed on a waiting list, should apply to the school by completing the application form: Years 9-11 application form annually. (There must be an application for the academic year into which the applicant is applying as applications do not follow through from one academic year to the next.)
The formulation of the waiting list and the entrance process for Years 9-11 is delegated by the Board of Governors to the Senior Management Team. (Only in exceptional circumstances and where a place is available will an offer be made to a student for a place in Year 12.)
Criteria to be applied if a place becomes available:
A waiting list will be drawn up for each year group by the application of the following criteria:
- An applicant who has a sibling or siblings currently attending the grammar school.
- An applicant who had a sibling or siblings who attended the grammar school for all Years 8-14 or all Years 8-12.
- Evidence by the applicant of good attendance and good behaviour/effort record at current school.
- A range of standardised information to include, where applicable, SEAG score, CATS, PIE, PIM which shows that the applicant’s ability is within the range of the year group to which he/ she is applying. In the case of an applicant transferring from outside of Northern Ireland, the applicant should provide adequate academic information of suitability to the year group to which he/she is applying. (This may include being invited to the school to complete academic or standardised assessments.)
Please note that professional judgement will be used by the Senior Management Team through the application of the above criteria to create a waiting list.
Places will be offered only when the school can facilitate additional numbers within the limits of its facilities, timetable and overall enrolment number set by DENI.
Admission to Sixth Form
The Sixth Form entry policy is approved by the Board of Governors and implemented by the Principal and senior staff. It is reviewed on an annual basis and students are required to fulfil criteria for transfer into L6 and into U6.
