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General Information about the Northern Ireland SEAG Transfer Test
What is the Northern Ireland SEAG Transfer Test?
Northern Ireland had, for many years an 11+ exam which was organised by the Department of Education. Many years ago, it consisted of Verbal Reasoning Papers that often contained 100 questions which had to be completed in one hour.
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Later versions contained English, Maths and science questions. The last version managed by the Department of Education contained English and maths questions.
This last version was abolished by the Minister of Education and it was replaced by two different tests known as The Transfer Test. They were not organised by the government but by two different bodies and the tests were commonly known as the AQE (or Common Entrance Assessment) and the GL (or Post Primary Transfer Consortium test.)
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These two bodies have now merged into one body known as the SEAG - The Schools' Entrance Assessment Group.
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The tests are not compulsory and your child does not have to sit the test. However most grammar schools use results from the SEAG transfer test as one of their most important admission criteria for entrance into year 8.
If you want your child to sit the Transfer Test then it is your responsibility, as the parent, to register your child for the tests.
In the past the Transfer Test (AQE or GL) that your child sat depended on which grammar school or schools that you wanted your child to attend now all grammar schools use results from the SEAG transfer tests.
The pages on this site contain all sorts of information about grammar schools, the SEAG Transfer Tests, previous results and links to the school webpage.
** This information is provided for guidance only and while the content is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate we cannot be held in any way responsible for any errors or omissions that it may contain. Please contact SEAG examining board or chosen grammar school for all admission and registration details for the SEAG Transfer Test. **