Beechlawn School
Beechlawn School is a controlled school in Royal Hillsborough for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 242 pupils. About 48 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
3 Dromore Road, Royal Hillsborough, BT26 6PAAll 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.
Attendance
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 86.0% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 87.0%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downshire Primary School, Hillsborough | Controlled | 770 m | 621 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Meadow Bridge Primary School | Controlled | 2.6 miles | 293 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Old Warren Primary School | Controlled | 3.2 miles | 149 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Riverdale Primary School | Controlled | 3.3 miles | 202 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Brookfield School | Controlled | 3.3 miles | 169 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Lisnagarvey High School | Controlled | 3.4 miles | 614 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Knockmore Primary School | Controlled | 3.5 miles | 218 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Patrick's Academy | Catholic maintained | 3.6 miles | 560 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Beechlawn School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Beechlawn School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Beechlawn School have?
242 pupils aged 3 to 19 were on the roll in October 2025.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 3 Dromore Road, Royal Hillsborough, BT26 6PA
- Type of school
- Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Ward
- Hillsborough
- Setting
- Rural
- DE reference
- 4310008 · LAESTAB 4310008
Where these figures come from
- School details, enrolment, free school meals, special needs and newcomers: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) school-level enrolment data, October census (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Attendance: Department of Education school-level attendance tables.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.