A group of Catholic grammar schools has released details of an alternative to the 11-plus transfer test.
Pupils will sit the tests in English and mathematics on Saturday 21 November at 28 schools across Northern Ireland.
Many state-run schools have already signed up to tests in November run by the Association of Quality Education.
Catholic Heads Association chairman Dermot Mullan said it was not just Catholic schools which had signed up for the exam.
"The schools involved are right across Northern Ireland - we are in discussion with a number of other schools as well," he said.
The tests will be set and marked by the England-based National Foundation for Education Research. Children will receive their results at the end of January.
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