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Antrim Grammar School

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12B Steeple Road, Antrim, BT41 1AF

Grammar · Mixed · Controlled · SEAG member

Pupils
833
Year 8
118
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:

  1. Children resident in Northern Ireland at the time of proposed admission are selected before any child not so resident.
  2. Places allocated in rank order of the SEAG TSAS score (or the score assigned under Special Circumstances or Special Provisions), highest first.
  3. Tie-break (i): children with the same result, where they have a sibling currently enrolled at the school (sibling details must be provided).
  4. Tie-break (ii): children with the same result who are the eldest or only 'child of the family' eligible to transfer to the school (verifying letter required).
  5. Tie-break (iii): children with the same result who attend a recognised feeder primary school, ranked by number of pupils sent in the last three years.
  6. Tie-break (iv): children with the same result who reside in the Antrim/Newtownabbey Borough Council area.
  7. Final step: remaining places allocated by a computer-based random ranking generated from each child's Transfer Application data.

The school's criteria

Getting in

26 of the 133 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

Places depend mostly on the SEAG score, so how many apply says little on its own.

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.4 in 2024/25, 1.3 in 2025/26, 1.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 99%, got 100% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

0%50%100%0%20%40%Pupils on free school meals
Each dot is a grammar school with 30 or more Year 12 pupils. The dashed line is what schools usually get at each free school meals level.

School life

  • School day 8.40am to 3.10pm source
  • Sport: Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Cricket, Athletics source
  • Voluntary contribution £65 a year source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25112134126112
2025/2611213486115
2026/27112133176116

In 2026/27, 107 of the 133 children who put it first got a place here.

Each child counts once, at the preference their family gave this school. Figures at the end of the admissions procedure, from the Education Authority's analysis of preferences.

Pupils (October 2025)

Free school meals
5.8%
Special educational needs
45 pupils (24 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 48.9%, Catholic 22.6%, other or none 28.6%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
100%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
100%
3+ A-levels A* to C
83.7%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
132
A-level pupils counted
98

Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for 2026.

Year 8 places: 112 (whole school: 740)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24114198114
2024/25112156112
2025/26115140115

Applications count every family that named the school at any preference, not only first preferences.

School's note: * Includes a Temporary Variation. This table does not include children who were admitted to the School with a statement of Special Educational Needs. Details in relation to scores/grades accepted are available in the School Prospectus.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. SEAG Entrance Assessment TSAS is used. Special Circumstances or Special Provisions may assign an equivalent TSAS.

Open event: Saturday 10th January 2026, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm; Principal's address at 9:15 am and 11:15 am.

Sources

DENI reference 3410209

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