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Belmont Road, Belfast, BT4 2ND

Grammar · Boys · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
968
Year 8
138
Council
Belfast

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Places allocated to the first 91 of 130 places by rank order of SEAG TSAS score; ties resolved by sub-criteria 3(i) to 3(vii).
  2. Places then allocated to applicants for boarding; the pupil must remain a boarder throughout Years 8-12.
  3. Pool of up to 72 places taken from remaining applications, higher Scores first; sub-criteria 3(i) to 3(vii) then apply.
  4. 3(i): children currently attending Campbell College Junior School, preference proportional to years attended there.
  5. 3(ii): child of the family currently enrolled in Years 8-14 at Campbell College, or previously attended to at least GCSE or Sixth Form.
  6. 3(iii): child of the family currently enrolled in Years 8-14 at Strathearn School or Bloomfield Collegiate School.
  7. 3(iv): son of a permanent employee of the College.
  8. 3(v): sons of Old Campbellians (details to be supplied).
  9. 3(vi): grandsons of Old Campbellians (details to be supplied).
  10. 3(vii): any places still remaining allocated from the pool in rank order of Score.

The school's criteria

Getting in

1 of the 108 children who put it first was not offered a place in 2026/27.

Places depend mostly on the SEAG score, so how many apply says little on its own.

For September 2026 entry: places by SEAG score went to 182 and above. source

For September 2026 entry, 138 applications were considered for 130 places. Places ran out at criterion 3 (vii): Remaining pool places were allocated in score order, with surname order for ties. EA statement

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

Results for its intake

Expected about 100%, got 90.5% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).

0%50%100%0%20%40%Pupils on free school meals
Each dot is a grammar school with 30 or more Year 12 pupils. The dashed line is what schools usually get at each free school meals level.

Getting there

School bus from Bangor, Crawfordsburn, Helen's Bay, Cultra, Holywood. Routes

School life

  • School day 8.40am to 3.30pm source
  • Sport: Archery, Athletics, Cricket, Cross-country, Football, Golf, Hockey, Judo, Rugby, Tennis, Volleyball, Table tennis, Shooting source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251301031611130
2025/261301201310130
2026/27130108196130

In 2026/27, 107 of the 108 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
2.6%
Special educational needs
42 pupils (not published with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 46%, Catholic 10.8%, other or none 43.2%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
90.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
93.2%
3+ A-levels A* to C
66.1%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
147
A-level pupils counted
112

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 130

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130146138
2024/25130130137
2025/26130145137

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

School's note: *Includes statemented pupils, those admitted under appeal, or at the direction of the 'Exceptional Circumstances Body'.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. Uses SEAG Entrance Assessment Total Standardised Age Score.

Sources

DENI reference 1420020

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