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Bloomfield Collegiate School

Belfast · Girls only

Official record: Schools Plus (DE reference 1410315)

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Overview

Address
8 Astoria Gardens, Belfast, BT5 6HW
Status
Open
Admits
Girls only
Age range
Not yet available
Number of pupils
763
Capacity
Not yet available
Eligible for free school meals
12.7%
Sixth form
Not yet available
School type
Grammar · Controlled
Religious character
Not yet available
Trust
Not yet available
Local authority
Not yet available

Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (en.wikipedia.org), last checked 31 October 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy
Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area
Northern Ireland transfer testMost grammar schools in Northern Ireland admit pupils using transfer tests run outside the statutory system. Check each school's admissions criteria.
Entrance test
Not yet available
Qualifying score
Not yet available
Catchment area
For September 2026 entry, there is no catchment for most places: they go in order of SEAG score. Only when girls tie on the same score for the last place does the school give priority (after sisters, eldest girls and girls with a brother at a boys' school) to girls at listed primary schools from which it has admitted pupils in three of the last five years, or which are within three miles walking distance.
Children from outside the catchment
Yes: For September 2026 entry, where you live does not affect your chance of a place, as long as you live in Northern Ireland. Places go in order of SEAG test result; the listed primary schools only matter for ties on the last score.

Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance

Lowest test score and last distance offered by intake
IntakeApplicant groupLowest score offeredLast distance offeredSource
Sept 2026places by SEAG score110 places, 165 applications. 109 girls scoring 186 and above were admitted; one more girl scoring 185 was admitted on the tie-break rules. Others on 185 and below were not.185–bloomfieldcollegiate.org.uk
Sept 2025places by SEAG score110 places, 194 applications. 106 girls scoring 186 to 241 were admitted on score; 4 of the 6 girls tied on 185 were admitted on the tie-break rules.185–bloomfieldcollegiate.org.uk
Sept 2024places by SEAG score110 places, 119 applications. 109 girls scoring 169 and above were admitted on score; 1 of the 2 girls tied on 168 was admitted on the tie-break rules.168–bloomfieldcollegiate.org.uk
Sept 2023places by AQE scoreAQE test, not SEAG, so not comparable with later years. 110 places, 124 applications. 110 girls were admitted on score, with scores from 84 to 122.84–bloomfieldcollegiate.org.uk

From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.

Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (bloomfieldcollegiate.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates for September 2027 (Year 8) entry

Test registration (Northern Ireland SEAG)
18 May 2026 to 18 September 2026
Test date
14 November 2026, 21 November 2026Paper 1 on 14 Nov, Paper 2 on 21 Nov; contingency date 28 Nov only if neither can be held. Parents register with SEAG (the 2026 registration has closed). Apply through the Education Authority portal by 12 noon on Wednesday 3 March 2027; appeals by 4pm on 20 May 2027 (nidirect).
Results sent to families
23 January 2027
Open days
Not yet available
School opened (current registration)
Not yet available

Unverified: test dates come from desk research (high confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: seagni.co.uk/guidance/key-dates, seagni.co.uk/latest-news/last-days-to-register-pupils-for-the-2026-seag-entrance-assessment, nidirect.gov.uk.

Guide to the Northern Ireland SEAG and its schools

Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (seagni.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Inspection (ETI)

Last inspection
Not yet available
Inspection outcome
Not yet available

Source: not yet available

Exam results

GCSE results
Not yet available
A level results
Not yet available

Source: not yet available

How to get there

Postcode
BT5 6HW
Map location
54.59449, -5.86433Approximate: postcode centroid.
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Telephone
Not yet available

Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Postcode centroids (ONS Postcode Directory), last checked 31 October 2026

School website
Not yet available
Official register record
Schools Plus (DE reference 1410315) ↗
Admissions policy document
Not yet available
Further reading
Wikipedia ↗

Source: not yet available