AQW 20415/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 15/06/2021
Answered On Date: 23/06/2021
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to list (i) the applications for Temporary Variation Requests submitted by post-primary schools based in and/or largely serving pupils resident in South Belfast; and (ii) of these, which were approved, and which were declined.

Answer:

The table below details the number of additional Year 8 places requested by post-primary schools in the South Belfast constituency and the number of places approved. No schools outside of South Belfast draw the majority of their pupils from the constituency.

DE Ref	Name	TV Number Requested	Number Approved	Number Declined
142-0277	Aquinas Grammar School (Belfast)	20	20*	0
142-0265	Hunterhouse College (Belfast)	10	0	10
142-0022	Methodist College (Belfast)	0	0	0
142-0095	Rathmore Grammar School	0	0	0
142-0027	The Royal Belfast Academical Institution	12	0	12
142-0264	Victoria College	7	2	5
126-0294	Malone Integrated College	0	0	0
421-0316	Breda Academy	0	0	0
141-0270	Wellington College (Belfast)	26	5	21
123-0275	St Joseph's College (Belfast)	0	0	0
	Total	75	27	48

*Aquinas Grammar School received a further 20 places as a result of the additional places exercise conducted by the Department in advance of the admissions process.