Banbridge Academy

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Your chances

Check your chances against these criteria.

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

1. 1Children resident in Northern Ireland at the time of proposed admission are selected before any child not so resident.
2. 2Places allocated in strict rank order of SEAG TSAS scores, highest first, up to the Admissions Number (192).
3. 3Children with a sibling (child of the family) currently enrolled at the school, or who are the eldest eligible child of the family.
4. 4Children registered at a named primary school from which pupils were admitted in three of the past five years.
5. 5Computer-generated random ranking, seeded by applicant name, to rank applicants for remaining places.

The school's criteria

Getting in

22 of the 212 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.

For September 2026 entry: places by score went to 198 and above; the lowest score admitted was 196. source

For September 2026 entry, 217 applications were considered for 192 places. Places ran out at criterion 1.3(iii): The final tied pupil was selected at Criterion 1.3(iii); the statement does not explain that criterion. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.3 in 2024/25, 1.3 in 2025/26, 1.1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 100%, got 99.5% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).