Northern Ireland · Grammar school
Loreto Grammar School
Omagh · Girls only
Official record: Schools Plus (DE reference 2420065)
Overview
- Address
- James Street, Omagh, BT78 1DL
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- From the school’s admissions policy
- About half of Year 8 places by SEAG test score; the rest by non-academic criteria (criteria for September 2025 entry).
- Age range
- Not yet available
- Number of pupils
- 892
- Capacity
- Not yet available
- Eligible for free school meals
- 13%
- Sixth form
- Not yet available
- School type
- Grammar · Voluntary
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Not yet available
Source: Schools' own admission arrangements (loretogs.com), last checked 2 November 2026 · Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (eani.org.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Partially selective
- 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. About half the places go by SEAG score and the rest go first to girls naming the school as first preference, then sisters of current pupils and eldest girls.
Source: Schools' own admission arrangements (loretogs.com), last checked 2 November 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (loretogs.com), 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
- BT78 1DL
- Map location
- 54.600021, -7.309082Approximate: postcode centroid.
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- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- Not yet available
Source: Schools' own admission arrangements (loretogs.com), last checked 2 November 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- Not yet available
- Official register record
- Schools Plus (DE reference 2420065) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: not yet available