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Wallace High School

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12A Clonevin Park, Lisburn, BT28 3AD

Grammar · Mixed · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
1,189
Year 8
182
Council
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. First 150 of the 170 places allocated by rank order of SEA TSAS, higher scores first.
  2. Limited pool of 40 remaining applicants, ranked by SEA TSAS, from which the remaining places are filled using the non-academic criteria.
  3. Child attending the school's Preparatory Department.
  4. Child of the family enrolled in the school on the date of transfer.
  5. Twin or triplet sibling already admitted to the school.
  6. From a listed primary school (last five years) and eldest, first in family to transfer, or only child.
  7. Other pupils from a listed primary school (last five years).
  8. Entitled to free school meals at the time of application.
  9. If still tied for the final place, higher SEA TSAS admitted first.
  10. Random computer-generated tie-breaker for the final place.

The school's criteria

Getting in

89 of the 231 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 211 and above. source

For September 2026 entry, 318 applications were considered for 176 places. Places ran out at criterion d: Non-academic pool sub-criterion d was oversubscribed; re-ranking under 3a) and the 3b) tie-break then determined the final pool place. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.6 in 2024/25, 1.7 in 2025/26, 1.9 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 99%, got 96.5% (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, Tennis, Athletics, Badminton, Netball, Cricket source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251782076916178
2025/26178216867178
2026/27170231816176

In 2026/27, 142 of the 231 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
5.8%
Special educational needs
49 pupils (22 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 56.6%, Catholic 12.8%, other or none 30.6%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
96.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
96.5%
3+ A-levels A* to C
78.9%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
173
A-level pupils counted
142

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for 2026.

Year 8 places: 170 (whole school: 1,160)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24170276183
2024/25170290182
2025/26170310182

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

School's note: * Includes 4 SEN children, 8 additional places granted by DENI under Temporary Variation and 1 child admitted under Appeal. ** Includes 4 SEN children and 8 additional places granted by DENI under Temporary Variation. (The 2025/26 row is marked *** in the document but no *** footnote text is printed.)

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Open event: Saturday 10 January 2026 at 9.00am - 12.00 midday

Sources

DENI reference 4420051

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