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Black Mountain Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled159 pupilsBelfast
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredNorthern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades or progress figures, so we can't give its schools a score. Pupil numbers, free school meals, special needs and attendance are below.
Pupils with special needs31%NI 20%
Attendance89.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families60%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll159Census October 2025

Black Mountain Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 159 pupils. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Black Mountain Place, Belfast, BT13 3TTAll 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.

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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.

Pupils on roll159Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals60%95 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs31%17 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils0%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls90 / 69

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.0% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 94.0%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.

Attendance89.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission8.0%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Springfield Primary SchoolControlled580 m176ETI, no open data–Compare
Springhill Primary SchoolControlled620 m197ETI, no open data–Compare
St Paul's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained850 m307ETI, no open data–Compare
John Paul II Primary SchoolCatholic maintained910 m267ETI, no open data–Compare
Bunscoil an Tsleibhe DhuibhMaintained920 m216ETI, no open data–Compare
St Clare's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles478ETI, no open data–Compare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles198ETI, no open data–Compare
St Kevin's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles519ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Black Mountain Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Black Mountain Primary School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Black Mountain Primary School have?

159 pupils aged 4 to 11 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
Black Mountain Place, Belfast, BT13 3TT
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Ballygomartin
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016059 · LAESTAB 1016059
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from