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PPTC's 2021 Entrance Assessment to go ahead

PPTC's 2021 Entrance Assessment to go ahead

10th May 2021

The PPTC have announced today that their Entrance Assessment (GL) will be held on Saturday 13th November 2021.

One Omagh & two Enniskillen Catholic grammar schools abandon test for 2021/22

24th Apr 2021

Christian Brothers Grammar in Omagh along with Mount Lourdes Grammar and St Michael's College in Enniskillen have become the latest to abandon the use of transfer tests results to select pupils for 2022 the BBC has reported.

The three Catholic schools who would normally use results from the GL Assessment test said it was due to the impact of the pandemic.

Full BBC Article

Newry & Kilkeel grammar schools scrap academic selection for 2022

31st Mar 2021

5 Catholic grammar schools in the Newry/Kilkeel area have announced that they will not be using GL Assessment results to select pupils for 2022 the BBC has reported.

In a joint letter, the schools said the move was due to "the impact of school closure on the current P6 pupils"

St Columb's and Thornhill scrap 2022 academic selection

26th Mar 2021

Two Catholic grammar schools in Londonderry have become the latest to abandon academic selection for 2022. the BBC has reported.

Thornhill College and St Columb's follow St Mary's Christian Brothers and Lagan College, both in Belfast, in scrapping the tests for a year.

Lagan College, Belfast

Lagan College rules out academic selection for 2022

26th Mar 2021

Lagan College, Belfast will not use will not use any form of academic selection as part of the P7 transfer process in 2022 the BBC has reported.

Lagan College is the second school in NI to abandon academic selection for 2022 admissions. In previous years the school had used academic selection to admit 35% of Year 8 pupils.

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