Thornhill and St. Columb’s College will not use academic selection in 2022
St. Columb’s College and Thornhill College have issued a joint letter to the parents of children currently in Primary 6 ‘to provide a degree of certainty to those young peple who would wish to attend our schools’.
The schools said they have carefully reflected on the ‘continuing impact of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis’ and the ‘considerable disruption’ this has had on the education of pupils currently in Primary 6.
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Hide AdThe letter adds that these young people have faced a year of ‘unprecedented challenge’ and there is no guarantee the disruption might not continue in to the first term of the 2021-2022 school year.
Both schools temporarily amended their admission criteria for this year and have informed the Education Minister they do not intend to use acadmic selection for the 2022-2023 school year.
Admission criteria for entry to the colleges will be published by the Education Authority in August 2021.
The city’s two other grammar schools - Lumen Christi College and Foyle College - are yet to announce if they intend to rely upon academic selection as part of their admission criteria for 2022.