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Antrim Grammar School: Year 8 entry

10 Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 1AF

Facts checked 19 October 2026By ExamKind Editorial TeamSchool website

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Can we apply, and what did it take?

For September 2027 entry

  • Score to qualify

    Not published yet

    SEAG Entrance Assessment (the NI transfer test)

  • Year 8 places

    Not published yet

  • Last distance offered

    Not publishedWe have no checked figure for how far offers reached.

Your next deadlines

  1. Next: Re-mark requests close

    in about 15 weeks

    Only if you want the test papers marked again

  2. Coming up: Appeal deadline

    in about 30 weeks

How far offers reached

Can we get in?

How places are given

Northern Ireland grammar schools give Year 8 places using their own admissions criteria, often in order of transfer test result. Antrim Grammar School's criteria are under Admission rules on this page.

Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.

Reaching the school's standard means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.

Checked, source: Department for Education (GOV.UK), checked

Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached. Read the school's admissions criteria to see how it ranks applicants, and what transfer test results mean.

At a glance

Antrim Grammar School in brief

Entrance test
SEAG Entrance Assessment (the NI transfer test)
The test children sit to be considered.

Key dates

Dates for September 2027 entry

For children in P7 in 2026/27.

Add to my calendar

SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group)

3 earlier steps, all doneShow

  1. Done: Test registration opens

  2. Done: Test registration closes

  3. Done: Admission cards sent for the test

  1. Next: Test day

  2. Coming up: Transfer test, paper 1

  3. Coming up: Transfer test, paper 2

  4. Coming up: Results

  5. Coming up: Re-mark requests open

  6. Coming up: Re-mark requests close

    in about 15 weeks

    Only if you want the test papers marked again

  7. Coming up: Appeal deadline

    in about 30 weeks

    Source: nidirect (NI Government), checked

  8. Not published yet: Transfer application deadline (to the Education Authority)

    Not yet published, checked 17 Oct 2026

  9. Not published yet: School place outcomes

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.

  1. Not published yet: Test day

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  2. Not published yet: Results

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  3. Not published yet: Appeal deadline

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

  4. Not published yet: Transfer application deadline (to the Education Authority)

    Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026

How places are given

Admission rules and catchment
Admission rules not checked yetWe add the school's rules from its determined admission policy.
More detail from our guide

We are still getting Antrim Grammar's criteria. Its September 2026 document is linked from the Year 8 page, but our archive could not save it. Rather than guess, we leave out its admissions number, its use of scores or bands, and any sibling or tie-break rules until we can read the file. The school website has it. The 2027 version is expected during this school year.

On special circumstances: The school's Year 8 page links a Special Circumstances guide and form and a Special Provisions guide and form (2025-26 versions). See the school's website for what they say.Antrim Grammar School: Special circumstances (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Antrim Grammar School.The source says: Claiming Special Circumstances & Provisions Claiming Special Circumstances - A Guide for Parents & Guardians Special Circumstances Form Claiming Special Provisions - A Guide for Parents & Guardians Special Provisions FormView the official source

The test

SEAG Entrance Assessment (the NI transfer test)
Test
SEAG Entrance Assessment (the NI transfer test)
Test date, 2027 entry
Saturday 14 November 2026

For September 2027 Year 8 admissions, the school will consider applicants who sat the SEAG Entrance Assessment anywhere in Northern Ireland; the school is itself a SEAG assessment centre.Antrim Grammar School: Transfer application adviceChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Antrim Grammar School.The source says: For September 2027 Year 8 Admissions, Antrim Grammar School will consider applications from pupils who have taken the SEAG Entrance Assessments anywhere in Northern Ireland. Antrim Grammar School will host the SEAG Entrance Assessment and can be chosen as the Assessment Centre during the application process.View the official source This autumn's papers: Saturday 14 November 2026SEAG (Northern Ireland): Paper1Checked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: Saturday, 14th November 2026View the official source, then Saturday 21 November 2026SEAG (Northern Ireland): Paper2Checked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: Saturday, 21st November 2026View the official source. Outcomes follow on Saturday 23 January 2027SEAG (Northern Ireland): OutcomesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: It is planned that SEAG results will be released on Saturday 23rd January 2027.View the official source. Also in the diary: SEAG Familiarisation on 14 October 2026 (school diary).Antrim Grammar School: Seag familiarisationChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Antrim Grammar School.The source says: 14 Oct 2026 SEAG FamiliarisationView the official source Our guide to the SEAG test and how to read the results fill in the background.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Next: Open Day, Sat 9 Jan 2027

  1. Coming up: Open Day

Source: Antrim Grammar School, checked

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

This is general information, not legal advice. Should Antrim Grammar be unable to offer your child a place, the EA works down the rest of your preference list. You may also lodge an appeal on the AT1 form, via the EA websiteNorthern Ireland: FormChecked 9 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: To appeal a school's decision that has refused your child a place, go to the EA website where you can send the appeal form (AT1 Form).View the official source. An independent tribunal then checks one thing only: whether Antrim Grammar applied its own published criteria correctly to your child.

Official documents and sources

5 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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