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Christian Brothers Grammar School

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Kevlin Road, Omagh, BT78 1LD

Grammar · Boys · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
913
Year 8
122
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils resident in Northern Ireland selected before any non-resident child.
  2. Route 1 (non-academic, 25%): boys with a brother currently or formerly at the school.
  3. Route 1: boys with a parent on permanent staff or the Board of Governors.
  4. Route 1: boys with a parent or grandparent who is a past pupil, with verifiable evidence.
  5. Route 1: boys from the listed feeder primary schools.
  6. Route 1: boys who are the eldest of the family eligible to transfer, with verification.
  7. Route 1: boys entitled to Free School Meals.
  8. Route 1: boys ranked by date of birth, eldest first.
  9. Route 2 (academic, 75%): ranked by combined SEAG Standardised Age Score.
  10. Final tie-breaker: surname initial letter in randomised order.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

15 of the 150 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, 150 applications were considered for 135 places. Places ran out at criterion 1-5-: The source says this criteria range was applied for the final place, without identifying an individual last tie-break. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1 in 2024/25, 0.8 in 2025/26, 1.1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 93%, got 93.3% (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

  • Known for Gaelic football. Also Hurling, Football, Rugby, Athletics, Basketball source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2513513310134
2025/2613510920111
2026/2713515000135

In 2026/27, 135 of the 150 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
11.6%
Special educational needs
108 pupils (35 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 99.5%, other or none hidden (fewer than 5 pupils)

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
93.3%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
94.8%
3+ A-levels A* to C
70.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
99.1%
Year 12 pupils counted
135
A-level pupils counted
107

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 135 (whole school: 950)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24135160140
2024/25135137135
2025/26135112122

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

School's note: *Total Admissions includes statemented pupils and/or pupils admitted following an appeal. **The Total Admissions for year 2025/2026 includes all Year 8 children admitted to the school including those who have a statement of special educational needs and/or may be attending SPiMS. (SPiMS = Specialist Provision in Mainstream School)

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 2420064

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