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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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Thornhill College and St Columb's College in Derry announce they will not be using the 'transfer test' to admit pupils in 2022

Two of Derry's four grammar schools today announced that they will not be using the 'transfer test' to admit new pupils in 2022 All four local grammar schools – Thornhill College, St Columb's College, Foyle Collge and Lumen Christi College – had ...

26 Mar 2021 at 12:18

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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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Derry's Lumen Christi College says it will continue to use academic selection for admissions next year

Lumen Christi College in Derry has said that it will continue to use academic selection for admissions next year. Many grammar schools in Northern Ireland have agreed to suspend the transfer test later this year because of the educational ...

25 Jun 2020 at 09:05

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Parents and pupils remain in the dark as Lumen Christi and Foyle College decline to comment on their transfer test plans

Lumen Christi College and Foyle College in Derry have still not confirmed if they plan to use the transfer test as part of their admissions criteria for next year. On June 10, St Columb's College and Thornhill College announced they ...

22 Jun 2020 at 19:27

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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. However, ...

19 May 2020 at 09:10

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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. The ...

04 Jun 2020 at 08:00

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Derry primary school principal supports calls from church leaders for this year's transfer test to be suspended

The principal of a Derry primary school said 'a lot of questions need to be answered' before Education Minister Peter Weir's plans to allow P7 children to return in August go ahead. Terence McDowell, principal of St Eithne's ...

26 May 2020 at 08:59

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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. ...

28 Mar 2023 at 15:15

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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 ...

10 Jun 2020 at 08:33

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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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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 ...

24 Jan 2020 at 15:52

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