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Strabane Academy: Year 8 entry

61 Derry Road, Strabane, BT82 8LD

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. Strabane Academy'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Most Northern Ireland schools do not publish how far places reached.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

Strabane Academy 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.

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

Notes on these dates

Strabane Academy lists the whole year for families. Transfer timetable on the Year 8 page: SEAG registration 18 May - 18 Sept 2026; pupil cards 9 Oct 2026; SEAG Familiarisation 5 Nov 2026 at 4pm; SEAG Assessments 14 and 21 Nov 2026; results 23 Jan 2027; EA Connect opens Jan 2027, closes Feb 2027 at 12 noon (exact dates TBC); allocation notification May 2027; criteria for Sept 2027 published December 2026.Strabane Academy: Transfer application adviceChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Strabane Academy.The source says: | 5th November 2026 | SEAG Familiarisation at 4pm. | ... | 14th November 2026 | SEAG Assessment 1 | ... | 21st November 2026 | SEAG Assessment 2 | ... | 23rd January 2027 | SEAG Publication of results | ... EA portal will be open from January 2027 until February 2027 (exact dates TBC).View the official source

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 criteria sit in a PDF that the school's website tells automated tools not to open, so we have not read it. That leaves the main questions open for now: the admissions number, the split between academic and other places, and any sibling, eldest-child or free school meals rule. We are working on adding them.

Until then, read the PDF on the school's website. The school expects to publish the criteria for September 2027 entry in December, according to its own timetable above.

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

A child who wants to be considered under the academic criteria sits the SEAG test: 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. Strabane Academy is a test centre and has a short session planned before the first paper: SEAG Familiarisation, Thursday 5 November 2026, 16:00 to 16:30Strabane Academy: Seag familiarisationChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Strabane Academy.The source says: Thursday 5th Nov 26 16:00 to 16:30 SEAG FamiliarisationView the official source. The school does not say who it is for, so ask the office if your child is sitting there.

Read our SEAG transfer test guide and results explained for scores and bands.

How the Northern Ireland test works

Open days

Next: Open Evening, Thu 21 Jan 2027

  1. Coming up: Open Evening

    18:30 to 21:00 (Principal's talk at 6.30pm)

Source: Strabane Academy, 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. If the school cannot offer a place, your application moves to your next preference, and appeals are made on 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 2027 deadline is 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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