Allocation pattern
Score rank order
Places go in strict SEAG score order, highest first, until the school is full. When scores tie at the cut-off, published tie-break criteria decide the final places.
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Bangor Grammar School: SEAG score and admissions criteria
This page shows exactly how Bangor Grammar School used SEAG results to allocate Year 8 places,
taken from the school’s own published admissions criteria. It is one of the
63 school evidence cards in our SEAG admissions guide.
How places were allocated for September 2026
- 135 places. Places are allocated in rank order of Total Standardised Age Score (TSAS), highest to lowest.
- Where applicants tie on the exact TSAS for the final place(s), non-academic criteria decide, in order: entitlement to Free School Meals (applied so the admitted FSM proportion is not below the FSM share of applications) → attending an Ards and North Down primary and being the eldest boy, an only child, or having a sibling at Bangor Grammar or Glenlola Collegiate → attending an Ards and North Down primary → then residence-based criteria.
- A capital fee of £140 per year applies.
Places go by score rank alone. Only when boys tie on the exact TSAS for the last place do the non-academic criteria apply — and the first of those is a Free School Meals proportion rule, not score. The Band is not used.
Recent admissions history
| Entry year | Places | Applications (all prefs) | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 135 | 153 | 135 |
| 2024/25 | 135 | 150 | 135 |
| 2025/26 | 135 | 169 | 142* |
*2025/26 includes pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs and/or attending Specialist Provision in Mainstream School (SPiMS), as stated by the school.
Worth asking at the open day
How often is the score tie-break actually reached? · What was the lowest TSAS admitted recently?
Source — School-published · September 2026 entry · Verified 9 July 2026
Admissions Criteria 2026-2027 (PDF) → · School website →
These figures describe past cycles. Always read the school’s current published
criteria in full before listing it — criteria can change year to year.
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