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Transfer tests for primary 7 pupils have been postponed until January 2021

The transfer tests for primary seven pupils in Northern Ireland have been postponed until January. The proposed two month postponement to the AQE and PPTC exams follows disruption to schoolwork due to Covid-19. The suggested date for the first test ...

02 Sept 2020 at 13:06

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Transfer test children face 'worry and anxiety' over Christmas, says Derry MLA

A Derry politician has called on Education Minister Peter Weir to cancel this year's transfer test for Primary 7s. There have been repeated calls for the test to be scrapped because of the impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on children's ...

20 Dec 2020 at 08:54

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Survey: Do you believe the transfer test should go ahead this year?

There is an ongoing debate on whether this year's transfer test should go ahead because of the coronavirus pandemic. The leader of the Catholic church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, and the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown, are among those ...

10 Jun 2020 at 08:33

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Derry primary school principals in new appeal for transfer test to be suspended this year

A group of local primary school principals have called for the transfer test to be suspended this year. Appeals have been made recently, including from the leadership of the Catholic church in Ireland, for the test to be scrapped later this ...

13 Jul 2020 at 09:19

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HOW DARE HE: Education Minister Peter Weir criticised by Derry principals for transfer test comments

Principals of non-grammar schools in Derry have criticised comments made by the Education Minister following the decision to scrap the transfer test this year. It was announced last night that the AQE transfer test for primary seven pupils ...

14 Jan 2021 at 09:15

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Council urged to back end of ‘divisive and damaging’ transfer tests

Derry City and Strabane District Council is being urged urged to back end of "divisive and damaging" school transfer tests. Cllr John McGowan (Sinn Féin) is bringing a motion on the issue to March's plenary Council meeting. Cllr McGowan ...

28 Mar 2023 at 15:15

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Important advice for parents of children in Derry who will receive their transfer test results tomorrow

Hundreds of children in Derry will get their transfer test results tomorrow morning. The Primary 7 pupils will find out how they did in the examinations last year. They, along with their parents, will then be in a position to decide ...

24 Jan 2020 at 15:52

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Transfer tests cancelled because of growing concerns about the rate of Covid-19 cases

Post-primary transfer tests in Northern Ireland, which had been due to begin this weekend, have been cancelled. The tests are used to select pupils by the majority of Northern Ireland's grammar schools. However, they have been ...

05 Jan 2021 at 14:13

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Schools will go ahead with transfer test plans this year despite the earlier postponement of the exams

The transfer test for admission to grammar schools in Northern Ireland has been rescheduled. It was announced earlier today that the tests, which had been due to start this weekend, would be cancelled because of the current ...

05 Jan 2021 at 20:48

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Parents demand answers from Derry's grammar schools on their plans for this year's transfer test

Derry's four grammar schools have yet to comment on whether they will be using the transfer test to select pupils next year. Parents of Primary 6 children who are due to sit the tests later this year are demanding answers. ...

04 Jun 2020 at 08:00

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Leaders in the Catholic Church call for P7 'transfer tests' due to be held later this year to be suspended

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has urged grammar schools to suspend the use of academic selection this year. The 11-plus-style exams are due to ahead in November and December, two weeks later than planned. ...

19 May 2020 at 09:10

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Two Derry grammar schools say will not use the transfer test for academic selection this year

Two of Derry's four grammar schools have said they will not be using the transfer test to select pupils next year. In a joint statement, St Columb's College and Thornhill College said they believed it was the 'right ...

10 Jun 2020 at 11:23

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