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Blessed Trinity College

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619 Antrim Road, Belfast, BT15 4DZ

Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained

Pupils
1,344
Year 8
206
Council
Belfast

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Pupils whose normal residence is in ten named contributory parishes.
  2. Pupils attending one of the named primary schools.
  3. Pupils with a brother or sister currently enrolled at the college.
  4. Pupils who are the eldest child of the family eligible to apply for admission.
  5. Pupils attending other primary schools in North Belfast, Glengormley and Carrickfergus area.
  6. Pupils who are brothers or sisters of past pupils of the founding schools.
  7. Tie-break within criterion 4: older student (by date of birth) chosen first.
  8. Tie-break: same date of birth, then straight-line distance from home to school gate.

Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.

The school's criteria

Getting in

5 of the 153 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.

For September 2026 entry, 201 applications were considered for 195 places. Places ran out at criterion 1: Places filled by students living in contributory parishes. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.1 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 49%, got 47.9% (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

  • Sport: Athletics, Swimming, Dance, Football, Netball, Tennis source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251951723116195
2025/2619520474195
2026/271951532922195

In 2026/27, 148 of the 153 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
51.1%
Special educational needs
124 pupils (101 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 2.2%, Catholic 85.4%, other or none 12.4%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
47.9%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
88.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
80.4%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
144
A-level pupils counted
92

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 195 (whole school: 1,300)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24195240195
2024/25195250195
2025/26195255206

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

School's note: *Including children admitted with a statement of special educational needs.

Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.

Sources

DENI reference 1230321

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