468 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 6EN
Non-selective · Mixed · Catholic maintained
- Pupils
- 1,548
- Year 8
- 244
- Council
- Belfast
Your chances
against these criteria.
How it chooses when it has more applicants than places, in order:
- Category A1: pupils normally resident in the traditional catchment area, including the listed outlying parishes.
- Category A2: pupils who at application reside elsewhere in Northern Ireland.
- Category B: all other applicants, considered after categories A1 and A2.
- Sub-criterion 1: applicant has or had a sibling enrolled or formerly enrolled at St Louise’s.
- Sub-criterion 2: first preference for St Louise’s, not qualifying under 1.
- Sub-criterion 3: second preference for St Louise’s, not qualifying under 1 or 2.
- Sub-criterion 4: proximity measured along the public transport route to the Falls Road gates.
- Computerised random selection applied at the point of oversubscription.
Uses a parish list: check it in the criteria.
Getting in
14 of the 231 children who put it first were not offered a place in 2026/27.
Applications per place (all preferences): 1.4 in 2024/25, 1.3 in 2025/26, 1.2 in 2026/27.
Results for its intake
Expected about 46%, got 55.1% (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 | 220 | 271 | 27 | 9 | 220 |
| 2025/26 | 220 | 260 | 19 | 3 | 220 |
| 2026/27 | 220 | 231 | 18 | 11 | 220 |
In 2026/27, 217 of the 231 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
- 56.8%
- Special educational needs
- 367 pupils (146 with a statement)
- Has Years 13 and 14
- Yes
- Area
- Urban
Religious background of pupilsProtestant 0.6%, Catholic 94.6%, other or none 4.8%
Exam results (2024/25)
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
- 55.1%
- 5+ GCSEs A* to C
- 84.2%
- 3+ A-levels A* to C
- 70.8%
- 2+ A-levels A* to E
- 94.3%
- Year 12 pupils counted
- 196
- A-level pupils counted
- 106
Source: Department of Education, SAER 2024/25, Open Government Licence.
Admissions
From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.
Year 8 places: 220 (whole school: 1,500)
| Year | Places | Applications (all preferences) | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 220 | 388 | 220 |
| 2024/25 | 220 | 307 | 220 |
| 2025/26 | 220 | 285 | 244 |
Applications count every family that named the school at any preference, not only first preferences.
School's note: * Excludes students with Statements of Educational Needs and admissions directed by the Exceptional Circumstance Body. ** 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
- 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 1230053