St Louis Grammar

Your chances

Check your chances against these criteria.

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

1. 1Stage One: places first to applicants from the Lower and Upper Mourne local area naming the school first.
2. 2Stage One (1): applicant has a sibling enrolled at the school at time of application.
3. 3Stage One (2): parent or guardian is permanent teaching, administrative or support staff.
4. 4Stage One (3): brother or sister previously attended the school.
5. 5Stage One (4): mother or father attended the school as a pupil.
6. 6Stage One (5): first child of the family to transfer to secondary education.
7. 7Stage One (6): first child of the family to apply to a Grammar School.
8. 8Stage One (7): entitled to Free School Meals at the date of application.
9. 9Stage One (8): other applicants ranked by date of birth, youngest first; random order if same date.
10. 10Stage Two: places to pupils placed in Band 1 of the SEAG Entrance Assessment (40% of places).
11. 11Stage Two (1): applicant has a sibling enrolled at the school at time of application (applied within Band 1).
12. 12Stage Two (2): parent or guardian is permanent teaching, administrative or support staff (within Band 1).
13. 13Stage Two (3): brother or sister previously attended the school (within Band 1).
14. 14Stage Two (4): mother or father attended the school as a pupil (within Band 1).
15. 15Stage Two (5): first child of the family to transfer to secondary education (within Band 1).
16. 16Stage Two (6): first child of the family to apply to a Grammar School (within Band 1).
17. 17Stage Two (7): entitled to Free School Meals at the date of application (within Band 1).
18. 18Stage Two (8): other applicants ranked by date of birth, youngest first; random order if same date (within Band 1).
19. 19Stage Two: remaining places to pupils in lower SEAG Bands, Band 2 first, then Bands 3 to 6 in turn.
20. 20Stage Three: places to pupils naming the school as first preference.
21. 21Stage Three (I): applicant has a sibling enrolled at the school at time of application.
22. 22Stage Three (II): parent or guardian is permanent teaching, administrative or support staff.
23. 23Stage Three (III): brother or sister previously attended the school.
24. 24Stage Three (IV): mother or father attended the school as a pupil.
25. 25Stage Three (V): first child of the family to transfer to secondary education.
26. 26Stage Three (VI): entitled to Free School Meals at the date of application.
27. 27Stage Three (VII): other applicants ranked by date of birth, youngest first.
28. 28Stage Three (VIII): remaining places to pupils not naming the school first, ranked by I to VII.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (93 children).

Places depend mostly on the SEAG score, so how many apply says little on its own.

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.7 in 2024/25, 0.9 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 84%, got 61.8% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).