Allocation pattern
Score rank order + pool
Most places go in strict SEAG score order. The final places come from a pool of the next-ranked children, decided by published sub-criteria rather than score alone.
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Victoria College Belfast: SEAG score and admissions criteria
This page shows exactly how Victoria College Belfast used SEAG results to allocate Year 8 places,
taken from the school’s own published admissions criteria. It is one of the
63 school evidence cards in our SEAG admissions guide.
How places were allocated for September 2026
- 135 places. The first 120 go in strict TSAS rank order.
- A pool of around 25 next-ranked girls is then formed; remaining places are allocated by sub-criteria: Prep Department pupils → child of the family enrolled or accepted → Child Looked After → child of the family at a single-sex school → ranked feeder primary schools.
- Final ties are broken by a name-seeded computer random process.
- Preference position is ignored — a 2nd-preference application is treated identically to a 1st.
Applications have exceeded places in each recent year (154 applications for 135 places in 2025/26). The feeder-school ranking used in the pool is published in full in the criteria document.
Recent admissions history
| Entry year | Places | Applications (all prefs) | Admitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 130 | 177 | 135* |
| 2024/25 | 135 | 169 | 136* |
| 2025/26 | 135 | 154 | 135 |
*Temporary variations of 5 and 1 extra places respectively, as stated by the school.
Worth asking at the open day
Is my daughter’s primary on the feeder list, and where does it rank? · Where did the pool’s score range fall last year?
Source — School-published · September 2026 entry · Verified 11 July 2026
Admissions Criteria 2026/27 (PDF) → · School website →
These figures describe past cycles. Always read the school’s current published
criteria in full before listing it — criteria can change year to year.
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