Derry grammar school publishes its criteria for new pupils in September
Thornhill will admit 200 pupils for the 2021/22 academic year
Thornhill College will welcome 200 new pupils in September.
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A Derry grammar school has published the criteria under which it will admit new pupils this year.
Thornhill College will welcome 200 new pupils in September.
The school usually uses the GL transfer test as the basis on which pupils are admitted.
However, the transfer test process has been cancelled this year because of the impact that the pandemic has had on the education sector.
Instead, Derry s four grammar schools - Thornhill, St Columb s College, Lumen Christi College and Foyle College - say they will use a different set of criteria for pupil admissions this year.
Lumen Christi College in Derry confirms it will not be using transfer test for new pupils this year
Admissions criteria will be published on February 2
Lumen Christi College in Derry.
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Lumen Christi College in Derry has confirmed that it will not be using the transfer test for its admissions this year.
The school had not yet commented officially on how it planned to admit new pupils for the 2021/22 academic year.
It has now said it will not be using the academic selection process and will instead use criteria which will be published on February 2.
Lumen is one of four grammar schools in Derry, the others being Foyle College, Thornhill College and St Columb s College.
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Christmas Day Swim - 44 not out for Derry s Wonder Woman Roisin
Over £35,000 raised for eye cancer charity
Roisin Lynch, second from left, has been taking part in the Christmas Day Swims since 1976.
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A Derry woman will this year take part in the annual Christmas Day Swim in Buncrana for the 44th time - 25 of those in aid of a charity close to her heart for which she has raised in excess of £35,000.
Former teacher Roisin Lynch first took to the icy cold waters of Lough Swilly in 1976 when the late Olympian swimmer, Liam Ball, advertised in the local press for swimmers to join him for the inaugural event.