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Carryduff Primary School, Belfast

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled198 pupilsLisburn and Castlereagh
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 needs22%NI 20%
Attendance93.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families24%About the same as most schools in Northern Ireland
Pupils on roll198Census October 2025

Carryduff Primary School, Belfast is a controlled school in Carryduff for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 198 pupils. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in Northern Ireland.

Killynure Road, Carryduff, BT8 8EEAll 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 roll198Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals24%47 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs22%25 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils10%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils10%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls111 / 87

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.0% 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.

Attendance93.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission2.9%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
St Joseph's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.1 miles495ETI, no open data–Compare
Millennium Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.8 miles421ETI, no open data–Compare
Carr Primary SchoolControlled2.3 miles81ETI, no open data–Compare
St Ita's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained2.4 miles704ETI, no open data–Compare
Moneyrea Primary SchoolControlled2.6 miles246ETI, no open data–Compare
Cairnshill Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.8 miles568ETI, no open data–Compare
Belvoir Park Primary SchoolControlled3.2 miles245ETI, no open data–Compare
Knockbreda Primary SchoolControlled3.8 miles157ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Lisburn and Castlereagh

Questions parents ask

Is Carryduff Primary School, Belfast a good school?

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

How many pupils does Carryduff Primary School, Belfast have?

198 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
Killynure Road, Carryduff, BT8 8EE
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Ward
Carryduff East
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4013044 · LAESTAB 4013044
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from