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Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled261 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 needs19%NI 20%
Attendance92.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families45%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll261Census October 2025

Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 261 pupils. About 45 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Wilgar Street, Belfast, BT4 3BLAll 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 roll261Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals45%118 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs19%14 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils19%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils9%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls142 / 119

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.7% 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.

Attendance92.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission2.3%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
Strandtown Primary SchoolControlled270 m968ETI, no open data–Compare
Victoria Park Primary SchoolControlled570 m356ETI, no open data–Compare
Belmont Primary SchoolControlled610 m222ETI, no open data–Compare
St Joseph's Primary School, Holland DrCatholic maintained670 m369ETI, no open data–Compare
Strathearn Preparatory SchoolPrep680 m115ETI, no open data–Compare
Greenwood Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles286ETI, no open data–Compare
Elmgrove Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles590ETI, no open data–Compare
Campbell College Junior SchoolPrep1.0 miles155ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit have?

261 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
Wilgar Street, Belfast, BT4 3BL
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
Connswater
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016242 · LAESTAB 1016242
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from