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Donegall Road Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled191 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 needs30%NI 20%
Attendance87.3%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families56%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll191Census October 2025

Donegall Road Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 191 pupils. About 56 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Maldon Street, Belfast, BT12 6HEAll 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 roll191Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals56%107 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs30%17 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils32%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Boys and girls93 / 98

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.3% 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.

Attendance87.3%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission7.7%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
Fane Street Primary SchoolControlled450 m284ETI, no open dataCompare
Gaelscoil Na BhfalMaintained580 m213ETI, no open dataCompare
Blythefield Primary SchoolControlled810 m192ETI, no open dataCompare
St Joseph's Primary School, SlateCatholic maintained860 m321ETI, no open dataCompare
Gaelscoil an LonnainMaintained0.6 miles36ETI, no open dataCompare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.6 miles284ETI, no open dataCompare
St Kevin's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles519ETI, no open dataCompare
St Paul's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles307ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Donegall Road Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Donegall Road Primary School have?

191 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
Maldon Street, Belfast, BT12 6HE
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
Blackstaff
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016060 · LAESTAB 1016060

Where these figures come from