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Belfast Royal Academy is a mixed, non-denominational grammar school with sixth form situated in Belfast, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school has approximately 1,400 students on record.    

Belfast Royal Academy was founded in 1785 and moved to its current site in 1880. The school has a strong sporting focus and has facilities to support this, including a tennis courts, a heated swimming pool and fitness suite.    

Headmaster   

Mr J M G Dickson   

Values and vision

Belfast Royal Academy teaches pupils the values of respect, self-confidence and self-discipline. The Belfast secondary school focuses on nurturing student's individual talents and tries “both to sharpen and broaden the mind”. The value of opportunity plays a key role at the school and a wide range of extra-curricular activities are offered to allow for students to gain further skills beyond the classroom. The school wants students to be well prepared for the next stage of their education or career once they leave and focuses on providing a happy, stimulating and challenging learning environment.    

Education Training Inspectorate     

“Excellent working relationships, throughout the school, reflect strongly its core values. There is a growing sense of the pupils’ personal and social responsibility as well developed individuals, with a concern for others and for the environment and encouraged to think in a global context. The pupils benefit from extensive enrichment activities, including a wide range of sporting, other cultural and extra-curricular opportunities, which are provided by many of the teachers. The effective working relationships with a wide range of external agencies and professionals provide very good support to vulnerable pupils and those at risk of marginalisation”.     

View Belfast Royal Academy’s latest ETI report