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Coleraine Grammar School

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23-33 Castlerock Road, Coleraine, BT51 3LA

Grammar · Mixed · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
1,026
Year 8
159
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. 156 places allocated by rank order of SEAG scores (TSAS), higher scores first, after SC and SP decisions.
  2. Child of the family currently enrolled at Coleraine Grammar School (tie-break).
  3. Random selection by drawing numbered discs from a hat, applied to any remaining tie (tie-break).

The school's criteria

Getting in

42 of the 186 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, 217 applications were considered for 156 places. Places ran out at criterion 2. Random selection: After the sibling tie-break, final tied-score places were allocated by drawing numbered discs. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 93%, got 96.8% (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 8.55am to 3.25pm source
  • Sport: Athletics, Badminton, Football, Cricket, Golf, Hockey, Rowing, Rugby, Swimming, Tennis source
  • Voluntary contribution £290 a year source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2515618071156
2025/26156139223156
2026/27156186208156

In 2026/27, 144 of the 186 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
11.7%
Special educational needs
95 pupils (hidden (fewer than 5 pupils) with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 62%, Catholic 5.8%, other or none 32.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
96.8%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
97.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
76.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
156
A-level pupils counted
110

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 156 (whole school: 1,060)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2022/23156169156
2023/24156185156
2024/25156190156
2025/26156170159

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

School's note: The Total Admissions figure for 2025/26 includes children who were admitted to the school with a statement of special educational needs, or who gained a place on appeal or who gained a place by temporary variation.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. SEAG Entrance Assessment TSAS is the only assessment used, apart from some Special Provision cases.

Open event: Open Night Thursday 22 January 2026, 6.30pm to 9.00pm.

Sources

DENI reference 3420317

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