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Slemish College: Year 8 entry

Larne Road, Ballymena, BT42 3HA

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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Slemish College in brief

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

Admission rules and catchment
Admission rules not checked yetWe add the school's rules from its determined admission policy.
More detail from our guide

We are still getting Slemish's criteria. The September 2026 document is linked from the college's Year 8 entry page, but the college website did not allow us to archive a copy, so we have left every detail out rather than guess. Download it from the college website, and look for the 2027 version before the transfer application opens.

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

Slemish calls itself an integrated college. The term covers: Schools that bring Protestant and Catholic children together with other traditions.Northern Ireland: IntegratedChecked 9 Oct 2026 against nidirect (NI Government).The source says: These schools invite Protestant and Catholic to come together with other traditions to improve their understanding of one another, their own cultures, religions and values.View the official source SEAG's members are Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools and Integrated SchoolsNorthern Ireland: Member typesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: SEAG includes Controlled and Voluntary Grammar Schools and Integrated Schools in its membership.View the official source. Integrated colleges in SEAG do not all use the test in the same way. At Lagan College, for example, only part of the Year 8 intake is chosen by SEAG outcome. We have not yet confirmed whether Slemish uses the test for all or only some of its places, or how any other places are given out.

The college runs the test on site, and holds a session beforehand: Slemish College is a SEAG test centre; SEAG Familiarisation Afternoon for children sitting the test there: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 4pm (tickets via Eventbrite).Slemish College: Seag test centreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Slemish College.The source says: SEAG Familiarisation Afternoon Wednesday 21st October 2026, 4pm. Parent/Guardian(s) of a child wishing to sit the SEAG test at Slemish College are invited to attend with their child. Please reserve tickets to attend by clicking the link below.View the official source

Children who registered for the test will sit it across two Saturdays, Saturday 14 November 2026SEAG (Northern Ireland): Paper1Checked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: Saturday, 14th November 2026View the official source and Saturday 21 November 2026SEAG (Northern Ireland): Paper2Checked 9 Oct 2026 against SEAG (Schools' Entrance Assessment Group).The source says: Saturday, 21st November 2026View the official source, and families get the outcome 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. For a plain guide to both papers, read our SEAG transfer test guide; for what the scores and bands mean, try results explained.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Next: College Open Night, Wed 20 Jan 2027

  1. Coming up: College Open Night

  2. Coming up: College Open Night

Source: Slemish College, 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.

Should Slemish be unable to offer a place, the Education Authority considers your child for the next school on your list. Parents may also lodge an appeal with an independent tribunal set up by the EA. Its job is narrow: to check that Slemish followed its own published criteria. Appeals for 2027 entry must arrive by 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

6 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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