Places left
23places
13first choices
7left after Stage 2
demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2
BELFAST SOUTH · VOLUNTARY
Benmore PG (Belfast)
DE reference 1BB0024 · Voluntary playgroups and settings funded through the Pre-School Education Programme.
2026/27 intake in brief
Places leftIn 2026/27, 11 target-age children listed Benmore PG (Belfast) as their first choice. The setting had 20 funded places. All of them were offered a place. 9 places were still unfilled at the end of Stage 2.
20funded places
11target-age first choices
0first choices not placed
9places left after Stage 2
Ranked 24 of 24 Belfast South settings by first-choice applicants per place (0.55 here; 0.83 across Belfast).
Three intakes compared
Funded places against the number of target-age children who listed this setting first.
- Funded places
- Target-age children who chose it first
- 2024/25 Oversubscribed 23 first choices for 19 places · 0 left
- 2025/26 Places left 18 first choices for 24 places · 4 left
- 2026/27 Places left 11 first choices for 20 places · 9 left
Admissions criteria
Each setting decides who gets a place when it has more applicants than places. Criteria commonly include target age, siblings, distance or other circumstances. Some give priority to a first preference.
Criteria for September 2027 are due on 9 December 2026. Find them on the EA profile .
Before you rank it
- Read the criteria for your intake year, not an older one.
- Check the session times (full-time or part-time) suit your family.
- Visit or call if you can, and ask whether the setting holds an open day.
Full figures by preference
“1st” counts children who listed this setting as their first preference, and so on. “Other” is fourth or later. Places cover the whole programme, shared by both age groups.
| Programme | Age group | Places | Applications | Offered a place | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | |||
| Benmore PG (Belfast) | Target age | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Benmore PG (Belfast) | Underage | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Programme | Age group | Places | Applications | Offered a place | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | |||
| Benmore PG (Belfast) | Target age | 24 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Benmore PG (Belfast) | Underage | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Programme | Age group | Places | Applications | Offered a place | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Other | Total | |||
| Benmore PG (Belfast) | Target age | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
ALTERNATIVES
Belfast South settings with places left in 2026/27
Places left
24places
15first choices
4left after Stage 2
demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2
Places left
52places
45first choices
1left after Stage 2
demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2
How to read these figures
The Education Authority counts applications and allocations at the end of Stage 2. A child can appear in several settings’ application counts but is offered at most one place. Late changes, withdrawals and offers made after Stage 2 are not included, so the figures are not live vacancies.
“Target age” children are in their final pre-school year and are placed first. “Underage” children are a year younger and only receive places that remain. More about the data.