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Mercy College, Belfast

Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Secondary school

Bilston Road, Belfast BT14 7QR

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Overview

Places left
56
Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
833
October 2025 census
District council
Belfast
Type of school
Secondary school (non-grammar)
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Sixth form
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
565 pupils (68%)
Special educational needs
293 pupils (35%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
139 pupils (17%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
154 pupils (18%)
Newcomer pupils
21 pupils (3%)

From the Department of Education’s school enrolment (school level) data and available places, and the 2016 school locations on OpenDataNI.

Admissions

The Department of Education’s available places for 2025/26, for Mercy College, Belfast: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 750, 833 pupils on the roll at the October census, 56 places left. These are places left after the October census, not a chance of getting in: admission depends on each school’s admissions criteria and on the number of applications.

Places

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Post-primary75083313956

Per year

Year 8104
Year 9139
Year 10158
Year 11161
Year 12140
Year 1373
Year 1458

Entry year

Inspection

The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspects schools in Northern Ireland and publishes a report on each inspection. Its reports of 2012 to 2020 sum up their findings in a table, shown here in ETI’s own words; earlier and later reports give written findings only. Nothing here is set beside an Ofsted outcome.

Latest report
27 Apr 2018
Post-primary (action short of strike)
Overall
Not rated

Other reports

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