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Fane Street Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled284 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 needs32%NI 20%
Attendance83.4%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families43%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll284Census October 2025

Fane Street Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 284 pupils. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Fane Street, Belfast, BT9 7BWAll 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 roll284Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals43%121 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs32%22 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils82%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils7%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls148 / 136

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 83.4% 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.

Attendance83.4%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.7%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
Donegall Road Primary SchoolControlled450 m191ETI, no open data–Compare
Methodist College Preparatory DepartmentPrep890 m150ETI, no open data–Compare
Blythefield Primary SchoolControlled900 m192ETI, no open data–Compare
Gaelscoil Na BhfalMaintained910 m213ETI, no open data–Compare
St Bride's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained920 m805ETI, no open data–Compare
St Joseph's Primary School, SlateCatholic maintained0.8 miles321ETI, no open data–Compare
St Kevin's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles519ETI, no open data–Compare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles284ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Fane Street Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Fane Street Primary School have?

284 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
Fane Street, Belfast, BT9 7BW
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
Windsor
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016205 · LAESTAB 1016205
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from