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The Wallace High School: SEAG and admissions facts
Lisburn. Figures for Year 8 entry in September 2026, from the school's own admissions documents.
| Fact | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Year 8 places, September 2026 (admissions number) | 170 | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Pupils in the whole school (enrolment number) | 1160 | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Uses the SEAG result to give places | Yes | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Places are given in order of | SEAG score | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Applications considered, 2026 | 318 | The Wallace High School Statement on Year 8 oversubscription 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Places available, 2026 | 176 | The Wallace High School Statement on Year 8 oversubscription 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Lowest SEAG score given a place, 2026 | Not published | Not in the school's 2026-27 documents (looked 3 November 2026) |
| Scores in the 2026 statement, in its words | "The 150th place fell on a SEAG TSAS of 211 ... 151 applicants being admitted at this stage." | The Wallace High School Statement on Year 8 oversubscription 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| When applicants are tied, in the school's words | "a random computer generated tie-breaker" | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
| Lowest SEAG score given a place, 2025 | Not published | The Wallace High School, "Information regarding Transfer 2025: Oversubscription Explanation" (school website, posted 10 May 2025), read 3 November 2026 |
| Scores in 2025, in the school's words | "Total Number of Places Available: 178 ... Total Number of Applications Considered: 309 ... Of the 178 places allocated, 172 places were allocated to children who scored 205 and above ... The school was oversubscribed in the Wallace SAS Group of children with a SEAG score of 203-204, of which there were 20 children. ... 3 of the 20 children were offered places." | The Wallace High School, "Information regarding Transfer 2025: Oversubscription Explanation" (school website, posted 10 May 2025), read 3 November 2026 |
| Lowest SEAG score given a place, 2024 | Not published | The Wallace High School, "Oversubscription Explanation" (school website, 2024), read 3 November 2026 |
| Scores in 2024, in the school's words | "Total Number of Places Available: 178 Total Number of Applications Considered: 293 ... Of the 178 places allocated, 166 places were allocated to children who scored 203 and above ... The school was oversubscribed in the Wallace SAS Group of children with a SEAG score of 201 - 202, of which there were 15 children. Within this Group, non-academic criteria were applied and all children who met the non-academic criterion (d) or above ... were admitted." | The Wallace High School, "Oversubscription Explanation" (school website, 2024), read 3 November 2026 |
| How places are given, in the school's words | "The first 150 places from the admissions total of 170 will be allocated to those children who have applied and provided a SEA TSAS ... on the basis of the rank order of their respective scores with those achieving higher scores being allocated places before those achieving lower scores." | The Wallace High School Admissions Criteria 2026-2027, read 3 November 2026 |
Read The Wallace High School's admissions criteria for 2026-27
Every figure on this page comes from the school's own published admissions documents, linked beside it with the date it was read. Where a figure isn't published, the page says so.
These figures are for Year 8 entry in September 2026. Schools can change their criteria each year, and the 2027-28 criteria are published in December. Always read a school's own criteria before you list it.
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Last checked: 4 November 2026 by Sam.