Belfast - Post Report Question and Answers

I don't think there are any international schools in Belfast. Methody, Academical Institution (boys only) and Belfast Royal Academy (BRA) are the best selective schools for the upper grades. Most public schools are great. Just be aware that traditionally Catholic kids go to Catholic schools and Protestant kids go to public schools and can tell each other's uniforms apart, which sometimes (but definitely not always, especially in the middle class areas) leads to bullying when they meet each other in the street or on the bus. There are mixed schools -- Lagan College is the main one -- and also Irish-language schools, which tend to attract a multicultural student body (and some Protestants, too): An Droichead in South Belfast is probably closest to the Embassy. Their elementary and preschool programs are fantastic. - Nov 2014

There are no international schools. The children at post attend the local schools, which follow the British system. In recent times children have attended a local private all-girls school or private all-boys school. There is also a very good co-ed school located nearby. In P7, the equivalent of 5th grade, children take the - Aug 2007