Glenlola Collegiate

When there are more applications than places for 2026-27 (Year 8), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Preference will be given to those girls for whom a Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS) is awarded by SEAG in the SEAG Entrance Assessments or determined by the Board of Governors in accordance with the arrangements for
2. 2After all applications have been considered, Glenlola Collegiate will award places on the basis of these scores, in strict rank order, with the girl(s) with the highest score being awarded a place first and then, working in descending rank order until the number of places up to and including the Admissions Number of 157 for the School, have been filled. If, following the application of the above criterion, it is not possible to identify for admission, the exact number of girls equivalent to the Admissions Number by virtue of girls with the same score being tied for the final place(s), the sub criteria set out at 4 below will be applied in the stated order to distinguish between such girls.
3. 3If, after all applications have been considered, the number of pupils for whom a Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS) awarded by SEAG or determined by the Board of Governors in accordance with the arrangements for
4. 4Sub Criteria If as specified in points 2 and 3 above, the number of applications exceeds the number of available places, the following further criteria will be applied progressively in the order stated below until the final place is determined:
5. 5girls for whom Glenlola Collegiate is the first preference in their Transfer Application;
6. 6girls who have a sister enrolled in Glenlola Collegiate or a brother enrolled in Bangor Grammar School for the current school year [details to be provided by parent(s)/guardian(s)];
7. 7girls from primary schools in the Ards & North Down Borough Council Area or who attended a primary school in this council area in the current school year;
8. 8girls whose normal place of residence is in the Ards & North Down Borough Council Area. Place of residence will be taken to mean the girl’s address appearing at the commencement of the Transfer Application;
9. 9girls who, at the date of their application, are the eldest child of the family to be eligible to apply for admission to the School [details to be provided by parent(s)/guardian(s)];
10. 10other girls who attend primary schools outside the Ards & North Down Borough Council Area;
11. 11all other girls. In the unlikely event that the criteria above, applied in the order listed, have not resolved the final place in Glenlola Collegiate, this final place will be determined using selection based on a computer generated random number being assigned to each applicant who is tying for that place and the place shall be allocated to the applicant with the highest random number. General Information on Special Circumstances and Special Provisions The purpose of a claim for Special Circumstances and/or Special Provisions is so that a girl can be assigned a score equivalent to that which she would, in the educational judgment of the Board of Governors based on the evidence provided, have obtained in the SEAG Entrance Assessments under normal conditions. Consideration of a claim for

Northern Ireland open-enrolment admissions criteria, as published by the Education Authority for entry in September 2026.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.