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Victoria College

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2A Cranmore Park, Belfast, BT9 6JA

Grammar · Girls · Voluntary · SEAG member

Pupils
948
Year 8
142
Council
Belfast

Your chances

against these criteria.

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

  1. Candidates resident in Northern Ireland at the time of proposed admission are selected before any candidate not so resident.
  2. The first 120 of 135 places go by rank order of SEAG Total Standardised Age Score (including special circumstances/provisions); equal scores at 120th place all admitted, using 2.2.i to 2.2.v if needed.
  3. A pool of around 25 next-highest TSAS candidates is formed; remaining places are allocated from the pool by the sub-criteria below.
  4. Sub-criterion 2.2.i: enrolled in the College Preparatory Department at the date of application.
  5. Sub-criterion 2.2.ii: a Child of the Family enrolled in the Secondary Department, or accepted for next year.
  6. Sub-criterion 2.2.iii: a Child Looked After.
  7. Sub-criterion 2.2.iv: another Child of the Family at, or accepted to, another single-sex post-primary school.
  8. Sub-criterion 2.2.v: attends a recognised feeder primary, ranked by average pupils transferred over three years (top 25 listed).
  9. Tie-breaker: computer-based random ranking number seeded by the candidate's name; lowest numbers admitted first.

The school's criteria

Getting in

30 of the 113 children who put it first were 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: the lowest score admitted was 178. source

For September 2026 entry, 201 applications were considered for 135 places. Places ran out at criterion 2.2(v): Pool places reached feeder primary schools ranked by average transfers over the preceding three years. EA statement

Applications per place (all preferences): 1.3 in 2024/25, 1.1 in 2025/26, 1.5 in 2026/27.

Results for its intake

Expected about 93%, got 97% (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.

School life

  • School day 8.50am to 3.10pm source
  • Sport: Athletics, Badminton, Hockey, Netball, Tennis, Rugby, Golf, Dance, Equestrian source
  • Asks for a voluntary contribution source

Who applied

Applications by the preference families gave the school, and children admitted
YearPlacesPut it 1st2nd3rd or laterAdmitted
2024/25135695644135
2025/26135823436135
2026/271351135038135

In 2026/27, 83 of the 113 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
11.5%
Special educational needs
41 pupils (not published with a statement)
Has Years 13 and 14
Yes
Area
Urban

Religious background of pupilsProtestant 35.3%, Catholic 29.6%, other or none 35%

Exam results (2024/25)

5+ GCSEs A* to C, with English and maths
97%
5+ GCSEs A* to C
99.3%
3+ A-levels A* to C
78%
2+ A-levels A* to E
100%
Year 12 pupils counted
134
A-level pupils counted
100

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

Admissions

From the school's admissions criteria for September 2026.

Year 8 places: 135 (whole school: 900)

Applications and admissions in recent years
YearPlacesApplications (all preferences)Admitted
2023/24130177135
2024/25135169136
2025/26135154135

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

School's note: *The College was granted a temporary variation of 5 additional places. # The College was granted a temporary variation of 1 additional place.

Uses transfer test results in its admissions criteria. First 120 places by rank order of SEAG Total Standardised Age Score; remaining places from a pool of around 25 next-highest TSAS candidates, ranked by sub-criteria.

Open event: Open Day for P6 and P7 pupils Saturday 10 January 2026, 10am to 1pm.

Sources

DENI reference 1420264

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