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The Royal School

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2 Ranfurly Road, Dungannon, BT71 6EG

Grammar · Mixed · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
692
Year 8
101
Council
Mid Ulster

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Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Up to 8 boarding places from the admissions total of 100, for pupils resident in NI who show suitability for boarding.
  2. Remaining places allocated by rank order of SEAG Entrance Assessment scores (TSAS), with special circumstances and provisions scores included.
  3. If places remain after criteria 1 and 2, pupils who did not take the Entrance Assessment are admitted, subject to the additional considerations.
  4. Additional consideration (i): a child of the family currently or previously attending the school, or the eldest child in the family eligible for Year 8.
  5. Additional consideration (ii): pupils entitled to Free School Meals.
  6. Additional consideration (iii): pupils ranked by initial letter of surname (and later letters) on the birth certificate, in a printed letter order.
  7. Additional consideration (iv): if still needed, the child whose home is closer to the School, measured in a straight line.

The school's criteria

Getting in

13 of the 103 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: the lowest SEAG score admitted was 173. source

For September 2026 entry, 119 applications were considered for 100 places. Places ran out at criterion 4 (ii): Free School Meals Entitlement helped decide the final day place after score ranking and the eldest-child-or-sibling criterion. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.3 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 1.2 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 99%, got 94.9% (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.

School life

  • Sport: Rugby, Hockey, Cricket, Athletics, Swimming, Badminton, Netball, Golf, Tennis, Football, Equestrian source
  • Voluntary contribution £119 a year source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25100110155100
2025/261009572100
2026/27100103104100

In 2026/27, 90 of the 103 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
5.9%
Special educational needs
55 pupils (11 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 69.9%, Catholic 11.6%, other or none 18.5%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
94.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
96%
3+ A-levels A* to C
63.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
99
A-level pupils counted
65

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 100 (whole school: 680)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24100113103
2024/25100131102
2025/26100108102

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

School's note: * Includes supernumerary pupils | # Includes pupils admitted on Appeal | **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.

Sources

DENI reference 5420260

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