Northern Ireland · Grammar school
Dominican College, Fortwilliam
Belfast · Girls only
Official record: Schools Plus (DE reference 1420082)
Overview
- Address
- 38 Fortwilliam Park, Belfast, BT15 4AQ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- Not yet available
- Number of pupils
- 1,060
- Capacity
- Not yet available
- Eligible for free school meals
- 16.1%
- Sixth form
- Not yet available
- School type
- Grammar · Voluntary
- 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 area. Girls are admitted by SEAG band (Band 1 first, then Band 2 and so on). Within the band where places run out, priority goes to sisters of current then past pupils, eldest girls, girls entitled to free school meals, children looked after, and then girls at a long list of named feeder primary schools across north Belfast, Newtownabbey and beyond.
- 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 (by band); feeder primary schools only matter within the band where places run out.
Source: School census and Schools Plus reference data, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (dominicancollege.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
- BT15 4AQ
- Map location
- 54.62889, -5.93249Approximate: postcode centroid.
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- 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
Official links and documents
- School website
- Not yet available
- Official register record
- Schools Plus (DE reference 1420082) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: not yet available