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Lumen Christi College: Year 8 entry

Bishop Street, Derry, BT48 6UJ

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 Band or score is stated. Bands 1 to 6 are taken in order, then Total Standardised Age Score rank within a Band, up to the admissions number of 120. Criterion 2 (applicants without a Schools’ Entrance Assessment Group () outcome) applies only if places remain.

    Checked, source: Lumen Christi College, checked

  • Year 8 places

    120

    2026 entry, Published Admission Number ()

    Checked, source: Lumen Christi College, 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. Lumen Christi College'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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Lumen Christi College in brief

tap a value for its source

Year 8 places
120Year 8 placesChecked 11 Oct 2026 against Lumen Christi College.The source says: Applicants will be admitted in rank order, up to the maximum of the College’s admissions number (120).View the official source2026 entry
The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
Pupils
co-educationalPupilsChecked 11 Oct 2026 against Lumen Christi College.The source says: Co-educationalView 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

How places are given

5 admission rules, in order, for 2026 entry

If more children qualify than there are places, Lumen Christi College 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 considered before all other applicants

    The policy's own words
    Applicants resident in Northern Ireland at the time of the proposed admission will be considered before all other
  2. 2

    1. SEAG Band order: Band 1, then Bands 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (accepted Special Circumstances/Provision applicants placed at an equivalent band)

    The policy's own words
    1. The Results of the SEAG Entrance Assessment will be ranked as follows: Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band
  3. 3

    1(a) Within an oversubscribed band: rank order of Total Standardised Age Score, up to 120

    The policy's own words
    (a) Such applicants will be admitted by rank order of the Total Standardised Age Score attained in the SEAG
  4. 4

    Then: initial letter of surname in a randomly determined letter order (then later letters, forename initials, eldest by date of birth, computerised random selection)

    The policy's own words
    If, on application of the sub-criterion above, there remains oversubscription, applicants will be selected for admission
  5. 5

    2. Other applicants (no SEAG outcome) only if places remain, by the same surname-letter order

    The policy's own words
    This criterion will apply to applicants who have not completed an Entrance Assessment in English and Mathematics

Source: Lumen Christi College, checked

More detail from our guide

We are asking for Lumen Christi's criteria and will add them once we can check them against the original. Nothing on this page should be read as Lumen Christi's rules. Once you have the college's document in front of you, try to answer these:

  • Does it rank children by TSAS, by band, or both?
  • Does it set aside any places for FSME pupils?
  • Do brothers, sisters or eldest children get priority, and at what stage?
  • How does it treat a special circumstances claim, and children with no SEAG result?
  • Is the document for September 2027 entry, or still last year's?

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

The SEAG assessment consists of two papers, English (or Irish) and mathsSEAG (Northern Ireland): the two test papersChecked 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, sat on consecutive Saturdays in November of P7. The college hosts the test too, though choosing it as your centre makes no difference to your application. How the results count is up to each school's governors, which is why the college's own document matters so much. For a fuller picture, read our SEAG transfer test guide; to make sense of scores and bands, see results explained.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Not published yet

No open event dates for the college are confirmed on this page. Look on its website or phone the school office.

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 Lumen Christi turn down your application, your outcome letter will explain the right of appeal. Appeal forms: 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. Appeal closing date for 2027 entry: 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.

Official documents and sources

4 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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