Northern Ireland · Grammar school
Loreto College
Coleraine · Mixed (co-educational)
Official record: Schools Plus (DE reference 3420034)
Overview
- Address
- Castlerock Road, Coleraine, BT51 3JZ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- Not yet available
- Number of pupils
- 996
- Capacity
- Not yet available
- Eligible for free school meals
- 14.9%
- Sixth form
- Not yet available
- School type
- Grammar · Voluntary
- 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: Original grammar school map dataset (en.wikipedia.org) (unverified), 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
- For September 2026 entry, there are no test scores. Priority goes in order to: first-preference applicants; brothers/sisters of current then past pupils; eldest children; children of staff; children at four primary schools affected by the closure of St Joseph's College (St John's and St Malachy's Coleraine, St Colum's Portstewart, St Patrick's Portrush); then children at a list of about 40 named primary schools across Coleraine, Limavady, Ballymoney, Ballycastle and the surrounding area; then a random draw.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: For September 2026 entry, children from other primary schools can get places if they name the college as first preference and have a brother or sister there or are the eldest child, as those come before the primary school lists. Otherwise the named primary schools have priority.
Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (loretocollege.org.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
- BT51 3JZ
- Map location
- 55.13951, -6.68982Approximate: 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 3420034) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: not yet available