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SEAG Transfer Test Blog
The guidance in these articles is shared in good faith based on our experience. Every child is different, so please use what works for your family and adapt as needed.
SEAG Transfer Test November 2026
Parents of current Year 6 pupils need to start thinking ahead to the SEAG test in November 2026
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SEAG Transfer Test Guide for Parents
Essential Preparation Tips for Northern Ireland Transfer Test What is the SEAG Transfer Test? The SEAG Transfer Test is Northern Ireland's grammar school entrance exam, taken by Primary 7 students (ages 10-11) who are applying to selective post-primary schools. Set and marked by GL Assessment, the test consists of two papers sat on consecutive Saturdays in November, assessing both English and Maths. SEAG Transfer Test Format: Paper 1: Â 28 English questions + 28 Maths question
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How to manage your time during the Transfer Test
A lot of children may have difficulties with dealing with their time during the Transfer Test. This cause both parents and children to becom
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What Does My Child Need to Know for the SEAG Transfer Test?
What does my child need to know for the Transfer Test?
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What is the best Online practice site or App for the Transfer Test?
Best Online practice site or App for the Transfer Test? Many anxious parents ask this question as they seek something different to...
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The SEAG Transfer Test Word List
Some essential spellings for the new SEAG Transfer Test.
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Where will my child have to sit their Transfer Test?
Where will my child have to sit their Transfer Test?
At present children do not sit the test in their primary school....
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Record number of pupils sit the AQE Transfer Test in 2018
Stephen Connolly, joint chief executive of the AQE Examining Board, has been reported in the Belfast Telegraph saying that the 8,700...
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Are there more children in our primary schools and how does this effect grammar school transfer test
The Belfast Telegraph report that there are more children attending primary school than at any time since 1999. Currently there are more...
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Getting Children to think.
As an experienced head teacher and co-author of the Learning Together Transfer Test Papers series I was always concerned that teachers...
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