Admissions Criteria 2025
Special Circumstances and Special Provisions guidelines for Parents/Carers;
Guidance for Special Circumstances Document
Guidance for Special Provisions Document
Statement Regarding Admissions
School Name: Ballyclare High School
Total Number of places available: 186
Total number of applications considered: 210
As there were more applications than places available the Board of Governors applied the published admissions criteria.
All of the 210 applications considered met Criterion 1.1 ‘Children who have taken the SEAG Entrance Assessments and been awarded a TSAS (or had a score assigned as a result of Special Circumstances and/or Special Provisions)’.
Since oversubscription occurred at Criterion 1.1, the scores in the SEAG Entrance Assessment of these 210 applicants were used to create a rank order in accordance with Criterion 1.2, higher SEAG scores being ranked above those with lower scores. The 186 places were allocated to pupils on the basis of this rank order.
The 187th score in the rank order was different from the 186th score, so it was not necessary to apply the tie-breaker criteria 1.4.
All places for entry into Year 8 have been allocated. Out of the 210 candidates who met Criterion 1.1, 24 have therefore not been selected. They will automatically be placed on a waiting list as outlined in the schools’ Admission Criteria, which is available on the school website.
Please note that these should NOT be submitted to individual schools but uploaded via the EA portal when applying to post primary schools.
EA portal will be open from 28th January until 20th February 2025.
