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De La Salle College

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36 Edenmore Drive, Belfast, BT11 8LT

Non-selective · Boys · Catholic maintained

Pupils
783
Year 8
120
Council
Belfast

Open events

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Brother or half-brother currently enrolled at De La Salle College.
  2. Pool of 19 named primary schools, applied in the order listed.
  3. Permanent residents of St Agnes', St Michael the Archangel, St Oliver Plunkett, St Anne's or Derriaghy.
  4. Brother or half-brother of past pupils of the school.
  5. Sister or half-sister attending St Genevieve's High School (2025/26).
  6. Sons of permanent employees of the school in 2025/26.
  7. Sons of permanent employees of St Genevieve's High School in 2025/26.
  8. Applicants from all other primary schools, selected by alphabetical surname then forename (letter by letter).

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 (62 children).

Applications per place (all preferences): 0.6 in 2024/25, 0.5 in 2025/26, 0.5 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 47%, got 49.5% (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.

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/251638013396
2025/261637312287
2026/271636216785

In 2026/27, 62 of the 62 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
55.7%
Special educational needs
391 pupils (165 with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant hidden (fewer than 5 pupils), Catholic 92.7%, other or none not published

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
49.5%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
81.9%
3+ A-levels A* to C
48%
2+ A-levels A* to E
98%
Year 12 pupils counted
105
A-level pupils counted
50

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 163 (whole school: 1,025)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24163144144
2024/25163125125
2025/26163130122

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 1230182

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