Second Northern Ireland grammar school ditches transfer test

Royal School Dungannon has become the second of Northern Ireland’s grammar schools to back out of transfer tests this year.
The school said it will not be using the AQE test, which has been rescheduled for February 27, to select pupils for the 2021/22 intake.
Earlier this week Strabane Academy said it would not be using the AQE test.
Both schools said they want to give certainty to pupils.
The first AQE exam was due to be taken by P7 pupils this weekend, with two more dates in January. All were cancelled because of the rising number of Covid-19 infections in Northern Ireland, while Northern Ireland’s other private company running tests on behalf of schools, the PPTC, said it had abandoned its tests for this year.

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