45 Finaghy Road North, Belfast, BT10 0JB
Non-selective · Mixed · Integrated
- Pupils
- 818
- Year 8
- 150
- Council
- Belfast
Open events
- Open evening Thu 21 JanAdd to calendarsource
Your chances
against these criteria.
How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:
- Priority to students residing in Northern Ireland at proposed admission, applied before the lettered sub-criteria.
- Pupils who have a brother or sister attending the college.
- Pupils who had a parent, brother or sister who previously attended the college (dates supplied on application).
- Applicants with a parent or older sibling in permanent employment with the Board of Governors, or a parent who is a Board member.
- Pupils transferring from a Grant Maintained Integrated or Controlled Integrated primary school (not in order of preference).
- Applicants who are the eldest child in their family transferring to a mainstream post-primary school, verified by a primary school letter.
- All remaining applicants.
- Tie-break: initial letter of surname, following the randomised letter order printed in the document.
- Further tie-break: chronological order of date of birth, oldest first.
- Final tie-break: living closest to the college, measured as the crow flies from home to the college front door.
Getting in
34 of the 144 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.
Applications per place (all preferences): 1.2 in 2024/25, 1 in 2025/26, 1.3 in 2026/27.
Results for its intake
Expected about 47%, got 64.1% (5+ GCSEs A* to C with English and maths, 2024/25).
Who applied
| Year | Places | Put it 1st | 2nd | 3rd or later | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 130 | 129 | 7 | 18 | 130 |
| 2025/26 | 130 | 114 | 13 | 7 | 130 |
| 2026/27 | 130 | 144 | 23 | 6 | 130 |
In 2026/27, 110 of the 144 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
- 54.9%
- Special educational needs
- 156 pupils (83 with a statement)
- Has Years 13 and 14
- Yes
- Area
- Urban
Religious background of pupilsProtestant 33.9%, Catholic 38.1%, other or none 28%
Exam results (2024/25)
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
- 64.1%
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C
- 94.2%
- 3+ A-levels A* to C
- 63.6%
- 2+ A-levels A* to E
- 100%
- Year 12 pupils counted
- 103
- A-level pupils counted
- 44
Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.
Admissions
From the school's admissions criteria for 2026.
Year 8 places: 130 (whole school: 800)
| Year | Places | Applications (all preferences) | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 130 | 216 | 130 |
| 2024/25 | 130 | 152 | 130 |
| 2025/26 | 130 | 166 | 150 |
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. (SPiMS = Specialist Provision in Mainstream School)
Does not use transfer test results in its admissions criteria.
Open event: Open Evening: Thursday 15 January 2026, 3.30pm-7.00pm (prospectus and update information from the school website in January 2026)
Sources
- DE school census 2025/26
- Department of Education, SAER 2024/25
- EA analysis of preferences
- School admissions criteria, checked 16 October 2026
- SEAG member schools list, checked 15 October 2026
- School admissions criteria, checked 16 October 2026
- School website, checked 16 October 2026
- OpenStreetMap (school address)
- ETI, checked 15 October 2026
DENI reference 1260294