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Victoria College Prep Department

Primary · ages 4-11GirlsPrep114 pupilsBelfast
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredNorthern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades or progress figures, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, special needs and attendance are below.
Pupils with special needs20%NI 20%
Attendance95.9%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families0%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll114Census October 2025

Victoria College Prep Department is a preparatory department in Belfast for girls aged 4 to 11. It has 114 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

2A Cranmore Park, Belfast, BT9 6JAAll details

Inspection

Schools in Northern Ireland are inspected by the Education and Training Inspectorate. Since 2024 its reports end with a written summary and next steps instead of a grade, and there is no published list of outcomes.

Results

Northern Ireland publishes no results for individual primary schools, so there are none to show. Enrolment, free school meals, special needs and attendance are below.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. When more children apply than there are places, the school's published rules decide, usually brothers and sisters first, then parish or feeder links, then whoever lives closest.

Apply through the Education Authority's online admissions system in January.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll114Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals0%0 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs20%; NI 20%
Catholic pupils25%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls0 / 114

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.9% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 94.0%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.

Attendance95.9%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.6%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Inchmarlo PrepPrep160 m104ETI, no open dataCompare
St Bride's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained790 m805ETI, no open dataCompare
Stranmillis Primary SchoolControlled960 m469ETI, no open dataCompare
Methodist College Preparatory DepartmentPrep0.9 miles150ETI, no open dataCompare
Fane Street Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles284ETI, no open dataCompare
Holy Rosary Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.1 miles407ETI, no open dataCompare
Botanic Primary SchoolControlled1.1 miles208ETI, no open dataCompare
Taughmonagh Primary SchoolControlled1.1 miles244ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Victoria College Prep Department a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Victoria College Prep Department yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Victoria College Prep Department have?

114 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in October 2025. It is a girls' school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
2A Cranmore Park, Belfast, BT9 6JA
Type of school
Preparatory department (Preparatory department, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Girls
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Windsor
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1620264 · LAESTAB 1620264

Where these figures come from