Lumen Christi College in Derry has published its admissions criteria for new pupils to the school this year
List of criteria on how students will be admitted in September
Lumen Christi College in Derry.
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Lumen Christi College in Derry has released its admissions criteria for new pupils hoping to attend the school in September.
The school would usually admit new students through the transfer test process.
However, the test was cancelled this year because of the pandemic.
As a result, Year 8 pupils at Lumen Christi in September 2021 will be admitted according to the following criteria and sub-criteria in the order specified below:
Prestigious award for student at Derry school
Aidan Timmons receives a Trinity College entrance award
Aidan is a pupil at Lumen Christi College in Derry.
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A Derry student has received a Trinity College entrance award.
The awards go to the student accepted into the first year of a full-time undergraduate degree programme who achieves the highest points among Trinity entrants from their secondary school.
Aidan Timmons, a pupil at Lumen Christi College in Derry, has received the award for his school.
Among former recipients of the award are former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
Trinity Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast, said: We are delighted to welcome these talented students to Trinity and only wish that they and their families could come to celebrate with us at the University, as they usually do.
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
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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.