BBC News
By Robbie Meredith
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image captionThornhill College has about 1,400 pupils and admits 200 year 8 girls every year
A Catholic grammar school which abandoned the transfer test for one year has outlined how it will select pupils for September 2021.
The all-girls school admits about 200 Year 8 girls every year.
The Post Primary Transfer Consortium (PPTC), and subsequently AQE, transfer tests were cancelled in early 2021.
As a result, grammar schools - which are attended by about 45% of post-primary pupils in Northern Ireland - are now having to draw up new criteria for how they will select pupils in 2021.
In its admissions criteria for September 2021, which has just been published, Thornhill said priority would be given to girls who select the college as their first choice school when applications open.