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Glen Road, Belfast, BT11 8BW

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
795
Year 8
138
Council
Belfast

Your chances

against these criteria.

How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:

  1. Category A1: pupils normally resident in the catchment area, including listed outlying parishes (applied first).
  2. Category A2: pupils who at application reside elsewhere in Northern Ireland.
  3. Category B: all other applicants, given lower priority than Category A.
  4. Within each category: applicant has a brother or sister (including half, adopted or fostered) enrolled at the College.
  5. Within each category: eldest or first eligible child in the family, evidenced by a signed verifying letter.
  6. Within each category: special circumstances deemed by the Board on supporting evidence from medical personnel or statutory agencies.
  7. Within each category: proximity measured along the public transport route to the Glen Road gates.
  8. Tie-breaker: older applicant by date of birth; same date of birth resolved by computerised random selection.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

Usually has spare places

Everyone who put it first was offered a place in 2026/27 (82 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.6 in 2024/25, 0.7 in 2025/26, 0.8 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 42%, got 39.5% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

0%50%100%0%40%80%Pupils on free school meals
Each dot is a non-selective school with 30 or more Year 12 pupils. The dashed line is what schools usually get at each free school meals level.

School life

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/2515059191795
2025/2615077286111
2026/27150821815115

In 2026/27, 82 of the 82 children who put it first got a place here.

Each child counts once, at the preference their family gave this school. Figures at the end of the admissions procedure, from the Education Authority's analysis of preferences.

Pupils (October 2025)

Free school meals
64.7%
Special educational needs
131 pupils (83 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 1.4%, Catholic 77.5%, other or none 21.1%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
39.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
78.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
25%
2+ A-levels A* to E
93.2%
Year 12 pupils counted
114
A-level pupils counted
44

Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 150 (whole school: 1,000)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24150136136
2024/25150126126
2025/26150140140

Applications count every family that named the school at any preference, not only first preferences.

School's note: *The Total Admissions for year 2025/2026 includes all Year 8 children admitted to the school including those who have a statement of special educational needs and/or may be attending SPiMS.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 1230324

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