Lecale Trinity Grammar School: Year 8 entry

Children in P7 who registered with SEAG will sit two papers, English (or Irish) and mathsSource for SEAG (Northern Ireland): the two test papersSEAG (Northern Ireland): the two test papersCloseChecked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: The SEAG Entrance Assessment consists of two Papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. Both Papers have an identical format and are set at the same level of difficulty.View the official source. Each child receives an overall score and a band. Some Northern Ireland grammar schools rank by the score, some by the band, and many add family or local criteria on top. Which approach Lecale Trinity takes is exactly what its own criteria will tell you. The basics are in our SEAG transfer test guide, and the results explained page decodes the Statement of Outcomes.

SEAG does not mark illness into the result. Instead, families make a special circumstances claim to each school, with evidence, alongside the transfer application. Lecale Trinity's criteria will set out what it asks for.

This is general information, not legal advice. Families refused a place hear from the Education Authority about how to appeal, using the AT1 form, via the EA websiteSource for Northern Ireland: FormNorthern Ireland: FormCloseChecked 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 closing date for 2027 appeals is 4pm, Thursday 20 May 2027Source for Northern Ireland transfer: Appeal deadlineNorthern Ireland transfer: Appeal deadlineCloseChecked 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.