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St Patrick's Academy: SEAG score and admissions criteria

Dungannon · Catholic co-educational grammar · September 2026 entry

This page shows exactly how St Patrick's Academy 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.

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.

How places were allocated for September 2026

  1. 189 places. Applicants are admitted in rank order of SEAG standardised score (TSAS), highest to lowest, up to the admissions number.
  2. Where applicants tie on the same score for the final place(s), criteria apply in order: St Patrick’s named as first preference → a sibling (child of the family) → then further criteria and a tie-break.
Places go by score rank alone. Only for applicants tied on the exact score does the school look at preference position, then sibling links. The Band is not used.

Recent admissions history

Entry year Places Applications (all prefs) Admitted
2023/24 189 261 217*
2024/25 189 262 220*
2025/26 189 212 193*

*Admitted totals include temporary-variation places and pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs — well above the standard admissions number in some years — as stated by the school.

Worth asking at the open day

How many extra places were granted last year? · What was the lowest score 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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