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Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Omagh: Year 8 entry

Kevlin Road, Omagh, BT78 1LD

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

  • How places are decided

    By test score, in rank order

    No minimum score stated for Route 2; rank order. Route 1 has no Schools’ Entrance Assessment Group () requirement.

    Checked, source: Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh, checked

  • Year 8 places

    135

    2026 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh, checked

  • 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. Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh'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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
boysPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: The Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Omagh is a Catholic grammar school for boysView the official source
Who the school admits.
Year 8 places
135Year 8 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: | Telephone: 028 8224 3567 | Admissions No: 135 |View the official source2026 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
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.

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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

12 admission rules, in order, for 2026 entry

If more children qualify than there are places, Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh gives places using these rules (its ), in this order (the 2026 rules; the rules for 2027 entry are not published yet).

  1. 1

    NI residents at the time of proposed admission selected before non-residents

    The policy's own words
    pupils resident in Northern Ireland at the time of their proposed admission will be selected for admission before any child not so resident
  2. 2

    Route 1 (non-academic, 25% = 34 places): criteria 1-7 below applied in order

    The policy's own words
    Route 1 – Non-Academic Selection: 25% of pupils will be selected by this route.
  3. 3

    Route 2 (academic, 75% = 101 places): rank order of SEAG combined SAS; criteria 1-7 as sub-criteria for equal scores

    The policy's own words
    Route 2 – Academic Selection: 75% of pupils will be selected by this route.
  4. 4

    Criterion 1: brother current/past pupil or selected for coming year

    The policy's own words
    1. Boys with a brother who is currently a pupil or was a past pupil
  5. 5

    Criterion 2: parent on permanent staff or Board of Governors member

    The policy's own words
    2. Boys with a parent currently on the permanent staff
  6. 6

    Criterion 3: parent or grandparent past pupil (verifiable)

    The policy's own words
    3. Boys who have a parent or grandparent who is a past pupil
  7. 7

    Criterion 4: from a listed feeder primary school

    The policy's own words
    4. Boys who are from feeder primary schools listed in the table below.
  8. 8

    Criterion 5: eldest of the family eligible to transfer

    The policy's own words
    5. Boys who at the date of their application are the eldest of the family
  9. 9

    Criterion 6: entitled to Free School Meals

    The policy's own words
    6. Boys who are entitled to Free School Meals.
  10. 10

    Criterion 7: date of birth, eldest first

    The policy's own words
    7. Boys ranked by date of birth as entered on the Birth Certificate with the eldest being admitted first.
  11. 11

    Same date of birth: alphabetical by surname then forenames

    The policy's own words
    In the event of two or more boys having the same date of birth and thereby qualifying for the last place(s), the boys will be ranked by alphabetical order of surname and then forenames
  12. 12

    Still oversubscribed: initial letter of surname in randomised letter order K Mac T Mc B J E Z A M Q D L S X G U R H V N C Y O F W I P

    The policy's own words
    applicants will be selected for admission on the basis of the initial letter of surname (as entered on the birth certificate or court order) in the order of letters set out below, as determined by a randomised selection:

Source: Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh, checked

More detail from our guide

Everything below comes from the school's Admissions criteria for entry September 2026Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Document title (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: Admissions criteria for entry September 2026View the official source. These are last year's rules; the September 2027 criteria are Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Criteria published (2027)Not yet published by Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: ​Admissions Criteria ​ Admissions criteria Year 9-12View the official source. The split between the routes, or the criteria inside them, could change.

Boys living in Northern Ireland come first under either route. After that, the same list of criteria does double duty. On the non-academic route it decides the order outright. On the academic route it only separates boys with equal scores. The list, in order:

  • a brother who is at the school, used to be, or has been offered a place for the coming year;
  • a parent on the permanent staff or the Board of Governors;
  • a parent or grandparent who was a past pupil;
  • coming from one of the listed feeder primary schools;
  • being the eldest child of the family who can transfer;
  • entitlement to free school meals;
  • date of birth, oldest first.
Detail (September 2026 entry)
Feeder primary schoolsCriterion 4 in both routes: boys from the listed feeder primary schools (51 schools). Named schools: All Saints Tattysallagh, Arvalee Primary School, Christ the King Omagh, Gaelscoil na gCrann, Gaelscoil Ui Dhochartaigh, Gaelscoil Eoghain, Gibson P.S., Knocknagor Trillick, Omagh Integrated P.S., Omagh County P.S., Our Lady of Lourdes P.S., Recarson Primary School, Sacred Heart Tattyreagh, Sion Mills Primary School, St Brigid’s Altamuskin, St Brigid’s Cranagh, St Brigid’s Mountfield, St Caireall’s Aghyaran, St Catherine’s Strabane, St Columba’s Clady, St Columbkille’s Carrickmore, St Conor’s Omagh, St Dympna’s Dromore, St Eugene’s Victoria Bridge, St Joseph’s Drumquin, St Joseph’s Ederney, St Joseph’s Kildress, St Lawrence’s Fintona, St Macartan’s Clogher, St Malachy’s Glencull, St Michael’s Dunamanagh, St Mary's P.S Aughnacloy, St Mary’s Ballygawley, St Mary’s Cloughcor, St. Mary’s Dunamore, St Mary’s Killyclogher, St Mary’s Pomeroy, St Mary’s Strabane, St Oliver Plunkett’s Beragh, St Patrick’s Aughadarragh, St Patrick’s Castlederg, St Patrick’s Eskra, St Patrick’s Gortin, St Patrick’s Newtownstewart, St Peter’s Plumbridge, St Scire’s Trillick, St Teresa’s Glebe, St Teresa’s Loughmacrory, Tattygar Primary School, The Holy Family Omagh, Tummery Primary SchoolChristian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Feeder criterion (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: 4. Boys who are from feeder primary schools listed in the table below. [...] List of Feeder Primary Schools for the Christian Brothers OmaghView the official source
Final tie-breakInitial letter of surname in a randomly determined letter order (K Mac T Mc B J E Z A M Q D L S X G U R H V N C Y O F W I P), then subsequent letters, forename initials; identical names by eldest date of birth.Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Final tie break (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: applicants will be selected for admission on the basis of the initial letter of surname (as entered on the birth certificate or court order) in the order of letters set out below, as determined by a randomised selection:View the official source
Reserved FSME placesnoChristian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Fsme places (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: 6. Boys who are entitled to Free School Meals. “Entitled to Free School Meals” will mean applicants who are listed on the Education Authority register as entitled to Free School Meals.View the official source

The eldest-child rule needs proof: Criterion 5 in both routes: eldest of the family eligible to transfer to a mainstream post-primary school, verified by a letter on headed notepaper from a non-family verifier (e.g. primary principal, medical practitioner, solicitor, clergy).Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Eldest child criterion (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: 5. Boys who at the date of their application are the eldest of the family to be eligible to transfer to a mainstream Post-Primary schoolView the official source

No SEAG result? Eligible for Route 1 (non-academic, 25% / 34 places), which needs no SEAG assessment; Route 1 applicants not admitted go to Route 2 only if they took SEAG.Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Applicants without result (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: For Route 1 applicants 25% of the intake will be selected from the criteria below. There will be no requirement for applicants to have taken the SEAG Assessments. If an applicant is not admitted through the Route 1 Criteria, he will be automatically included for admission at Route 2, provided he has taken the SEAG Assessments.View the official source In other words, sitting the test keeps both doors open.

Special circumstances: Form SC (from the school), primary school report with all KS2 standardised Literacy/Numeracy results, and independent verifiable evidence uploaded with the online application by 12.00 noon Thursday 19 February 2026. Special Provision via Form SP.Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Special circumstances (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: If applying for Special Circumstances, parents/guardians must also upload with the online application: • A completed Special Circumstances Form (Form SC available from the School).View the official source

Waiting list: Waiting list of 2026 applicants held until Monday 7 September 2026; thereafter a new application is needed.Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Waiting listChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: A waiting list of applicants who made an initial application for admission in 2026 will be held until Monday 7th September 2026.View the official source

The school's figures show applications falling below the admissions number in the most recent year listed, after earlier years above it.

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

Omagh CBS is a SEAG school, but a boy does not have to sit the test to apply. Under last year's criteria the places were shared between a non-academic route and an academic route:

  • The non-academic route. No SEAG result is needed. Boys are ordered by family and other criteria only.
  • The academic route. Route 2: rank order of the combined Standardised Age Score in the SEAG assessments (or deemed score for accepted SC/SP claims), highest first. Parents must also provide the band.Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Omagh: Selection metric (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh.The source says: Applicants will be admitted by rank order of the combined Standardised Age Score attained in the SEAG Assessments (or the score deemed, in the opinion of the authorised sub-committee, for those regarding whom parental claims for special circumstances or special provision have been accepted), the highest scoring candidate being ranked firstView the official source

So the SEAG score matters for the larger share of places, and not at all for the rest. The school is also a SEAG test centre, and in 2025 it was one of the centres for the Irish-language papers (see the table above). For more on scores, see results explained and our SEAG transfer test guide.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Next: CBS Open Day, Sat 16 Jan 2027

  1. Done: Open Day (passed)

  2. Coming up: CBS Open Day

Source: Christian Brothers' Grammar School Omagh, 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.

If Omagh CBS cannot offer your son a place, the EA moves on to your next preference. You can 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. The panel's only question is whether the school applied its criteria properly. What it can look at: Only the evidence the board of governors had when it offered places; the tribunal does not challenge the criteria.Northern Ireland: Evidence limitChecked 9 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: The tribunal considers the evidence available to the school's board of governors when they offered school places to children. The tribunal cannot take into account any additional information that wasn't available to the board of governors when they offered places. The tribunal doesn't challenge a school's admissions criteria.View the official source With both routes in play, it is worth checking which route your son was considered under, and how each family criterion was applied.

The deadline for 2027 entry is 4pm, Thursday 20 May 2027Northern Ireland transfer: Appeal deadlineChecked 17 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: The deadline for receipt of appeal forms against Year 8 decisions by post-primary schools is Thursday 20 May 2027, no later than 4.00 pm.View the official source; last year's was 4pm on Thursday 21 May 2026Northern Ireland 2026 entry: Appeal deadlineChecked 9 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: The deadline for receipt of appeal forms against Year 8 decisions by post-primary schools is Thursday 21 May 2026, no later than 4.00 pm.View the official source.

Official documents and sources

5 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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