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Limavady Grammar School

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3 Ballyquin Road, Limavady, BT49 9ET

Grammar · Mixed · Controlled · SEAG member

Pupils
863
Year 8
135
Council
Causeway Coast and Glens

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 proposed admission are selected before any child not so resident.
  2. Places allocated in strict rank order of SEAG Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS), highest first, after special circumstances/provisions are decided.
  3. Sub-criterion (a), for equal TSAS: child with a sibling (child of the family) currently enrolled at the School at date of application.
  4. Sub-criterion (b), for equal TSAS: eldest child of the family, with a verifying letter from an independent professional listed in the document.
  5. Sub-criterion (c), for equal TSAS: oldest pupil first by date of birth on the Register of Births or Adopted Children's Register.

The school's criteria

Getting in

16 of the 142 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): 1.3 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.2 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 95%, got 95.9% (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.

Getting there

School bus from Garvagh, Coleraine, Castlerock, Eglinton, Drumahoe, Ballykelly, Greysteel. Routes

School life

  • School day 8.55am to 3.30pm source
  • Sport: Athletics, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Swimming source
  • Voluntary contribution £60 a year source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2513016460140
2025/2613013753130
2026/2713014274130

In 2026/27, 126 of the 142 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
9.2%
Special educational needs
42 pupils (18 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 47.4%, Catholic 38%, other or none 14.6%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
95.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
98.4%
3+ A-levels A* to C
74.7%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
122
A-level pupils counted
95

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 130 (whole school: 910)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130149130
2024/25140169140
2025/26130140135

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

School's note: * Temporary variation of admissions number **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.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. Special Circumstances/Provisions claims are decided before the criteria are applied.

Open event: An Open Night for pupils and parents of P6 and P7 will be held on 8 January 2026.

Sources

DENI reference 2410048

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