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Larne Grammar School: Year 8 entry

Lower Cairncastle Rd, Larne BT40 1PQ

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. Larne 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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Larne Grammar School in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
co-educationalPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Larne Grammar School.The source says: This co-educational, non-denominational, Voluntary Grammar School has a caring ethos, friendly pupils and a dedicated staff of 49 teachersView 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.

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

The school links a document called Admissions Criteria Year 8 2026-27Larne Grammar School: Document title (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Larne Grammar School.The source says: Admissions Criteria Year 8 2026-27View the official source, which looks like last year's criteria. Our tools are not permitted to read files in that part of its website, so we have not seen the rules. We are arranging a manual check. Until then, please read the document on the school's site, and look out for the version for September 2027 entry.

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

Larne Grammar is a test centre as well as a SEAG school. Its diary sets out the run of Saturdays for children sitting there: School diary lists SEAG Familiarisation 7 Nov 2026 9.30am-11:00am; SEAG assessments 14 and 21 Nov 2026 (10.00am); contingency 28 Nov 2026; results issued 23 Jan 2027.Larne Grammar School: Seag test centre datesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Larne Grammar School.The source says: 7 Nov 2026 SEAG Familiarisation 9.30am-11:00am ... 14 Nov 2026 SEAG Common Entrance Assessment 1 (10.00am) ... 21 Nov 2026 SEAG Common Entrance Assessment 2 (10.00am) ... 28 Nov 2026 SEAG Common Entrance Assessment Contingency Date ... 23 Jan 2027 SEAG results issued to parentsView the official source A child may sit at any centre and still apply here. Our SEAG transfer test guide and results explained cover what happens next.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Next: LGS Open Night 1, Tue 19 Jan 2027

  1. Coming up: LGS Open Night 1

    6.30pm to 9.00pm

  2. Coming up: LGS Open Night (second night; diary labels it 'Open Night 1')

    6.30pm to 8.30pm

  3. Coming up: SEAG Information Evening

    6.00pm

Source: Larne 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. A refused place can be appealed using 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 tribunal looks only at whether the criteria were applied as written.

Official documents and sources

5 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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