Northern Ireland · Grammar school
Ballyclare High School
Ballyclare · Mixed (co-educational)
Official record: Schools Plus (DE reference 3410008)
Overview
- Address
- 31 Rashee Road, Ballyclare, BT39 9HJ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- Not yet available
- Number of pupils
- 1,247
- Capacity
- Not yet available
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.3%
- Sixth form
- Not yet available
- School type
- Grammar · Controlled
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Not yet available
Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (en.wikipedia.org), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Northern Ireland transfer testMost grammar schools in Northern Ireland admit pupils using transfer tests run outside the statutory system. Check each school's admissions criteria.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Not yet available
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry, where you live does not affect your chance of a place, as long as you live in Northern Ireland. Places go in order of SEAG test result; ties on the last score are broken by brothers/sisters, eldest child and date of birth, not by address.
Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (ballyclarehigh.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 (Year 8) entry
- Test registration (Northern Ireland SEAG)
- 18 May 2026 to 18 September 2026
- Test date
- 14 November 2026, 21 November 2026Paper 1 on 14 Nov, Paper 2 on 21 Nov; contingency date 28 Nov only if neither can be held. Parents register with SEAG (the 2026 registration has closed). Apply through the Education Authority portal by 12 noon on Wednesday 3 March 2027; appeals by 4pm on 20 May 2027 (nidirect).
- Results sent to families
- 23 January 2027
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- Not yet available
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (high confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: seagni.co.uk/guidance/key-dates, seagni.co.uk/latest-news/last-days-to-register-pupils-for-the-2026-seag-entrance-assessment, nidirect.gov.uk.
Guide to the Northern Ireland SEAG and its schools
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (seagni.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Inspection (ETI)
- Last inspection
- Not yet available
- Inspection outcome
- Not yet available
Source: not yet available
Exam results
- GCSE results
- Not yet available
- A level results
- Not yet available
Source: not yet available
How to get there
- Postcode
- BT39 9HJ
- Map location
- 54.75426, -6.00229Approximate: postcode centroid.
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- Not yet available
Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Postcode centroids (ONS Postcode Directory), last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- Not yet available
- Official register record
- Schools Plus (DE reference 3410008) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: not yet available