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The Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Secondary · Ages 11–18 · Grammar school
College Square East, Belfast BT1 6DL · 028 9024 0461
Overview
- Places left
- 6
- Post-primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 1,073
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Belfast
- Type of school
- Grammar school
- Admissions
- Academic selection
- Management type
- Voluntary
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 65 pupils (6%)
- Special educational needs
- 50 pupils (5%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 26 pupils (2%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 24 pupils (2%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 0 pupils (0%)
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 The Royal Belfast Academical Institution: post-primary phase, an approved enrolment of 1,050, 1,073 pupils on the roll at the October census, 6 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 | 1,050 | 1,073 | 29 | 6 |
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.
Other reports
- Feb 2017Sustaining improvement inspection
- Jun 2014Post-primary inspection