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St Colman's College, Newry: Year 8 entry

Violet Hill, 46 Armagh Road, Newry, BT35 6PP

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. St. Colman’s College, Newry'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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

St. Colman’s College, Newry in brief

tap a value for its source

Pupils
boysPupilsChecked 11 Oct 2026 against St Colman's College.The source says: St. Colman’s College is a Catholic voluntary grammar school for boysView 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

Here is what the college's Year 8 page says: Admissions are managed by the Education Authority Transfer Office based on criteria set by the College; the school refers parents to the EA Post-Primary Admissions Guide for criteria information and links the SC/SP guides and forms.St. Colman’s College, Newry: Transfer application adviceChecked 9 Oct 2026 against St Colman's College.The source says: Pupils are admitted in adherence with our Admissions Criteria and the application process administered by the Transfer Office at the Education Authority. [...] All admissions are managed directly by the Education Authority, based on the criteria set by St. Colman’s College, and further information can be found in the EA Post-Primary Admissions Guide.View the official source

The college's own page does not set the rules out in full, and the EA guide it points to stopped our checking tools with a security check. So we cannot yet list the admissions number, the order of criteria or the tie-break. We are asking for a manual capture and will update this page.

The Year 8 page already offers help with special circumstances: Year 8 page offers 'Claiming Special Circumstances' and 'Claiming Special Provision' guides (SEAG 2025-26) and editable SC/SP forms; school-specific procedure not published.St. Colman’s College, Newry: Special circumstances (2026)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against St Colman's College.The source says: ### Special Circumstances/Special Provision Special Circumstances/Special Provision Claiming Special Circumstances Claiming Special Provision SP Form Editable SC Form EditableView the official source Fresh versions for this year's cycle are likely to follow.

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

St Colman's does not run a separate exam. Children who want a SEAG result for their application sit the SEAG papers in November, and the college then applies its own criteria to the outcomes. Those criteria decide whether the exact score or the band matters more, and we have not yet seen them. Our SEAG transfer test guide and results explained set out the scale and the bands.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Not published yet

No open event for September 2027 entry was confirmed when we checked. Keep an eye on the college's website through the winter.

If you are refused a place

Reviews, appeals and the waiting list

General information, not legal advice.

This is general information, not legal advice. After a refusal, you can lodge an appeal 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. It succeeds only if St Colman's misapplied its own criteria in a way that cost your child a place.

Official documents and sources

5 sources, each kept as an archived copy

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