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Omagh Academy Grammar School

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21-23 Dublin Road, Omagh, BT78 1HF

Grammar · Mixed · Controlled · SEAG member

Pupils
671
Year 8
96
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Children resident in Northern Ireland at application are selected before non-residents.
  2. Places allocated in strict rank order of the SEAG Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS).
  3. Children with a child of the family currently enrolled at the School.
  4. Children who are the eldest child of the family eligible to transfer.
  5. Remaining places allocated by surname initial letters in a set order.
  6. Tie for last place: older child by date of birth admitted first.

The school's criteria

Getting in

3 of the 98 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 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 97%, got 99% (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
2024/2595910091
2025/26951062096
2026/2795980095

In 2026/27, 95 of the 98 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%
Special educational needs
44 pupils (13 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 78.8%, Catholic 6.1%, other or none 15.1%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
99%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
100%
3+ A-levels A* to C
70.6%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
96
A-level pupils counted
85

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 95 (whole school: 660)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/2495119102
2024/25959695
2025/269611196

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 and/or may be attending SPiMS. (SPiMS = Specialist Provision in Mainstream School)

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. Pupils who sat only one SEAG paper may be considered under Special Provisions.

Open event: An Open Evening for pupils and their parents will be held on Thursday 29th January 2026 at 6.30pm.

Sources

DENI reference 2410066

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