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Wellington College, Belfast
Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Grammar school
18 Carolan Road, Belfast BT7 3HE
Overview
- Places left
- 15
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 794
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Belfast
- Type of school
- Grammar school
- Admissions
- Academic selection
- Management type
- Controlled
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 116 pupils (15%)
- Special educational needs
- 86 pupils (11%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 38 pupils (5%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 48 pupils (6%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 6 pupils (1%)
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 Wellington College, Belfast: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 770, 794 pupils on the roll at the October census, 15 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
| Approved | On roll | Over | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-primary | 770 | 794 | 39 | 15 |
Per year
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.
- Overall
- Capacity to improve
Other reports
- Jan 2018Follow-up (action short of strike)
- Nov 2015Post-primary inspectionUrgent improvement
- Dec 2008Standard inspection