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Cedar Lodge School

Special · ages 3-19MixedControlled231 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 needs100%NI 100%
Attendance81.2%NI 87.0%
Pupils from low-income families64%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll231Census October 2025

Cedar Lodge School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 231 pupils. About 64 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

24 Lansdowne Park North, Belfast, BT15 4AEAll 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.

Pupils on roll231Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals64%147 pupils; NI 54%
Pupils with special educational needs100%231 with a statement; NI 100%
Catholic pupils43%as recorded in the school census; NI 39%
Boys and girls157 / 74

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 81.2% 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.

Attendance81.2%
Northern Ireland 87.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission14.0%of school time; NI 5.0%

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Lowwood Primary SchoolControlled320 m247ETI, no open dataCompare
Blessed Trinity CollegeCatholic maintained650 m1,344ETI, no open dataCompare
Dominican College, FortwilliamGrammar730 m1,060ETI, no open dataCompare
St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary SchoolCatholic maintained760 m179ETI, no open dataCompare
St Therese of Lisieux Primary SchoolCatholic maintained820 m402ETI, no open dataCompare
Ben Madigan Preparatory SchoolPrep930 m7ETI, no open dataCompare
Seaview Primary SchoolControlled950 m413ETI, no open dataCompare
Brefne Nursery SchoolIntegrated0.7 miles41ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Cedar Lodge School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Cedar Lodge School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Cedar Lodge School have?

231 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
24 Lansdowne Park North, Belfast, BT15 4AE
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 3-19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Innisfayle
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1310003 · LAESTAB 1310003

Where these figures come from