St Mary's Grammar

Your chances

Check your chances against these criteria.

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

1. 1Ranked on combined SEAG Total Standardised Age Score; highest scores admitted first, up to the admission number of 153.
2. 2Tie-break (a): a child of the family currently enrolled at the school at the date of application.
3. 3Tie-break (b)(i): eldest of the family eligible to apply for admission to the school.
4. 4Tie-break (b)(ii): a child of the family more than 7 years younger than their next sibling.
5. 5Tie-break (b)(iii): first child of the family with the practical opportunity to apply after a family move.
6. 6Tie-break (b)(iv): next eldest sibling where the eldest child attends a non-mainstream school.
7. 7Tie-break (c): older child selected first, by date of birth on the birth certificate.
8. 8Tie-break (d): same date of birth, then order of surname initial letters (randomised list).
9. 9Tie-break (e): final computer-based random ranking seeded by the name on the Transfer Application.

The school's criteria

Getting in

15 of the 178 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 193 and above. source

For September 2026 entry, 206 applications were considered for 173 places. Places ran out at criterion Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS): Descending TSAS ranking filled places after 20 additional places were approved; all four applicants with TSAS 193 were admitted. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1.5 in 2025/26, 1.3 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 98%, got 99.4% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

School life

• Sport: Gaelic football, Hurling, Camogie, Football, Tennis source
• Voluntary contribution £120 source