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Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Year 8 entry

1 Cooper Crescent, Enniskillen, BT74 6DQ (Cooper Crescent Site); second site 1 Algeo Drive, Enniskillen

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 Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS) stated; strict rank order.

    Checked, source: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, checked

  • Year 8 places

    130

    2026 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, 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. Enniskillen Royal 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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in brief

tap a value for its source

Year 8 places
130Year 8 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: The admissions number for ... Enniskillen Royal Grammar School is 130 and the ... enrolment number is 900.View the official source2026 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
Pupils
co-educationalPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School is co-educational and non-denominational.View the official source
Who the school admits.
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

Notes on these dates

Last year, applications went through the Education Authority's online transfer application, and late forms were dealt with only after the on-time ones.

How places are given

6 admission rules, in order, for 2026 entry

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

  1. 1

    1: strict rank order of Schools’ Entrance Assessment Group () TSAS, highest to lowest

    The policy's own words
    1 Children will be admitted in strict rank order of their Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS), highest to lowest.
  2. 2

    2(i): child of the family currently enrolled at the school (for children tied on a score)

    The policy's own words
    i. Children who at the date of their application have a child of the family¹ currently enrolled at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.
  3. 3

    2(ii): eldest/only child of the family eligible to apply

    The policy's own words
    ii. Children who at the date of their application are the eldest /only child² of the family to be eligible to apply for admission to the School.
  4. 4

    2(iii): entitled to free school meals

    The policy's own words
    iii. Children who are entitled to receive free school meals³.
  5. 5

    2(iv): random selection by surname initial in the letter order C J F L R P M N Y Z W O B U T H A K G S D E I V X Q, then later letters, first forename, date of birth (eldest), then computerised random selection

    The policy's own words
    iv. Random Selection as detailed below. Selection for all places remaining in this category will be based on the initial letter of the surname, (as it appears on the birth certificate) in the order set out below.
  6. 6

    3: children who did not sit SEAG, for remaining places, using criteria 2(i)-(iv)

    The policy's own words
    3 If there are still places available after consideration of all the children who have taken the SEAG Entrance Assessment

Source: Enniskillen Royal Grammar School, checked

More detail from our guide

The rules below are from the school's "ADMISSIONS CRITERIA 2026 (in the 2026/27 Prospectus)Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Document title (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: ADMISSIONS CRITERIA 2026View the official source". In other words, they applied to September 2026 entry. ERGS has not yet published its criteria for September 2027 (Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Criteria published (2027)Not yet published by Enniskillen Royal Grammar School; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: Please find below a copy of the PowerPoint from the SEAG P6 Information Evening together with a summary information sheet ... Guidance Notes for parents ... SEAG 2026 Entrance Assessment – Presentation for Parents Guardians and Teachers ... ERGS School Prospectus 2026-27View the official source), and they may change.

The main rule: score order

Children with a SEAG TSAS (or a score assigned under Special Circumstances/Provisions) are admitted in strict rank order first; children who did not sit SEAG are considered only for any remaining places.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Academic selection (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: Children who have taken the SEAG Entrance ... Assessment and have been awarded a Total ... Standardised Age Score (TSAS) by SEAG, subject ... only to the consideration of those children claiming ... ‘Special Provisions’ and ‘Special Circumstances’ ... as defined below, will be considered before any ... child who has not taken the SEAG Entrance ... Assessment.View the official source Children living in Northern Ireland at the time of admission came before those who did not.

There was no feeder list and no reserved quota. Where your child went to primary school made no difference.

If children tie on the same score

Only then did the school look further. The 2026 order:

  • First, a child of the family already at ERGS. The definition is broad: a child of the family currently enrolled at the school at the date of application; 'child of the family' includes children of married/civil-partnership/co-habiting couples or single parents, step-children, children treated as a child of the family, adopted or fostered children, e.g. an orphaned cousinEnniskillen Royal Grammar School: Sibling criterion (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: i. Children who at the date of their application have a child of the family¹ currently enrolled at ... Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.View the official source
  • Next, the eldest or only child. Eldest/only child of the family eligible to apply; twins or multiples are joint eldest; also applies where the child is more than seven years younger than the next sibling, the family has moved residence, or an older sibling cannot attend mainstream school. Verified by a letter from clergy, solicitor or public servant.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Eldest child criterion (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: ii. Children who at the date of their application are ... the eldest /only child² of the family to be eligible ... to apply for admission to the School. [...] ² Twins (or other multiples) who are the eldest children of the family are treated as joint eldest children.View the official source
  • Then, entitlement to free school meals.
  • Finally, a draw by surname. Surname-letter order fixed by a random draw witnessed by the Board of Governors; then subsequent surname letters, first forename, date of birth (eldest); finally computerised random selection.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Final tie break (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: The order was determined by a random selection of letters witnessed by the Board of Governors. [...] In ... the event of two or more children with the same date of ... birth the final selection will be made by computerised ... random selection.View the official source

Special circumstances

If your child was ill or upset by a serious event at test time, you can ask the school to take it into account. In 2026: Special Circumstances Form (from the school) plus supporting evidence attached/uploaded to the Transfer Application; only if the child sat both papers (one paper = Special Provisions). Medical evidence of consultation at the time for short-term illness; educational evidence (P5-P7 standardised tests). Sub-Committee assigns a score.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Special circumstances (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: parents/guardians should complete the Special Circumstances Form available from the school giving precise details of the problem and attach /upload it with relevant supporting evidence to the Transfer Application.View the official source Note the split: a child who sat only one paper uses Special Provisions instead.

Children who did not sit the test

Considered only if places remain after all children with a SEAG TSAS or assigned score; remaining places allocated using the paragraph 2 tie-break criteria in order.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Applicants without result (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: 3 If there are still places available after consideration ... of all the children who have taken the SEAG ... Entrance Assessment and have been awarded a ... Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS) or awarded ... a score because of Special Provisions and Special ... Circumstances the School will consider children who ... have not taken the SEAG Entrance Assessment. [...] Such children will be allocated the remaining places ... up to the School’s Admissions Number using the ... criteria listed in paragraph 2 above in the order set ... down.View the official source

Waiting list

After 9 May 2026 refused, new, late and new-information applications treated equally under the published criteria; names added automaticallyEnniskillen Royal Grammar School: Waiting listChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: Should a vacancy arise after 9 May 2026 all ... applications for admission to Year 8 that were initially ... refused, new applications, late applications and ... applications where new information has been provided ... will be treated equally and the published criteria ... applied.View 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

Children applying for September 2027 take the SEAG Entrance AssessmentEnniskillen Royal Grammar School: Test family by entry year (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: All 63 post-primary schools in N. Ireland which include academic selection within their Year 8 admissions criteria accept the SEAG Entrance Assessment Outcomes.View the official source, and children can sit it at ERGS itself, which is one of the centres. Both papers are in November; the exact Saturdays are in the table below. SEAG publishes free practice papers, and it is worth doing one or two at home so the format feels familiar.

When the Statement of Outcomes arrives 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, the number that matters for ERGS is the Total Standardised Age Score. The band played no part in the 2026 ranking. No minimum TSAS stated; strict rank order.Enniskillen Royal Grammar School: Entrance threshold (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Enniskillen Royal Grammar School.The source says: Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS), highest to ... lowest.View the official source

For background, read the SEAG transfer test guide; to make sense of a TSAS, see results explained.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

All this year's events have passed

  1. Done: Open Evening (passed)

    6.30 pm

  2. Done: SEAG P6 Information Evening (passed)

Source: Enniskillen Royal 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.

Not getting a place at ERGS does not leave your child without a school: the EA moves on to the next name on your form. You can still challenge the ERGS decision. Appeals are lodged with 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.

For an appeal to succeed, the tribunal must agree on two points: the school didn't apply, or didn't correctly apply, its admissions criteria; the school would have offered the child a place if it had applied its criteria correctlyNorthern Ireland: Uphold testsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: The tribunal can only uphold an appeal if: ... they find the school didn't apply or didn't apply correctly its admissions criteria ... and they find the school would have offered the child a place if it had applied its admissions criteria correctlyView the official source. Because ERGS ranks so strictly by score, most questions will be about whether the ranking and tie-breaks were carried out correctly.

The 2027 appeal deadline 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 families had until 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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