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Lumen Christi College, Derry

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181 Bishop Street, Londonderry, BT48 6UJ

Grammar · Mixed · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
862
Year 8
124
Council
Derry City and Strabane

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Ranked by SEAG Entrance Assessment band, Band 1 (highest) to Band 6.
  2. Within a band, applicants ranked by Total Standardised Age Score, highest first, up to the admissions number of 120.
  3. Applicants who did not complete the SEAG English and Mathematics assessments; used only if places remain after criterion 1.
  4. Tie-breaker: surname initial letter in a randomised published order, then computerised random selection.

The school's criteria

Getting in

37 of the 158 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): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.3 in 2025/26, 1.4 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 96%, got 99.2% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2512014531120
2025/2612015520120
2026/2712015840122

In 2026/27, 121 of the 158 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
8.7%
Special educational needs
66 pupils (24 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.8%, Catholic 90.4%, other or none 8.8%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
99.2%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
85.2%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
126
A-level pupils counted
115

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 120 (whole school: 840)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24120163121
2024/25120154125
2025/26120157124

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

School's note: *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.

Sources

DENI reference 2420287

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