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Regent House Grammar

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Circular Road, Newtownards, BT23 4QA

Grammar · Mixed · Controlled · SEAG member

Pupils
1,484
Year 8
217
Council
Ards and North Down

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. SEAG TSAS (or Special Circumstances/Provisions equivalent) placed in strict rank order of marks, highest first.
  2. Children who have not taken the SEAG Entrance Assessment are considered only after SEAG-scored children, using the criterion 3 sub-criteria.
  3. Pupil enrolled in the school's Preparatory Department as at 1 September 2025.
  4. Child of the family (sibling) who has or had a sibling attending the secondary department.
  5. Eldest child of the family at the application date, eligible to transfer to a mainstream post-primary school.
  6. Child transferring from a primary school in the former Ards, North Down or Castlereagh Borough Council areas.
  7. Child entitled to Free School Meals on the Education Authority register at the date of signing the application, or up to 24 February 2026.
  8. Older child preferred (age of the child).
  9. Same birthday: alphabetical order by surname, then forenames, with further rules in 3(vii)(a) to (g).
  10. Final tie-break: child whose home is closer to the school, measured in a straight line.

The school's criteria

Getting in

28 of the 229 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: places by SEAG score went to 195 and above. source

For September 2026 entry, 243 applications were considered for 210 places. Places ran out at criterion SEAG TSAS Score: Applicants achieving or awarded TSAS 195 and above filled all places. EA statement

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 97%, got 98.7% (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 Comber, Bangor (via Conlig), Bangor / Millisle (via Moss Road), Greyabbey, Kircubbin, Glastry, Ballyhalbert, Carrowdore, Ballywalter. Routes

School life

  • Sport: Cricket, Football, Golf, Hockey, Equestrian, Dance, Rugby source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25210246133210
2025/26210226199210
2026/27210229122210

In 2026/27, 201 of the 229 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
7.2%
Special educational needs
49 pupils (30 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 56.1%, Catholic 6.4%, other or none 37.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
98.7%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.1%
3+ A-levels A* to C
92.9%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
235
A-level pupils counted
169

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 210 (whole school: 1,450)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24210237210
2024/25210260210
2025/26210254217

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. Places are first ranked by SEAG Total Standardised Age Score from the Entrance Assessment, with Special Circumstances and Special Provisions considered.

Sources

DENI reference 4410063

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