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Gaelscoil na Mona

Primary · ages 4-11MixedMaintained98 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 needs17%NI 20%
Attendance92.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families59%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll98Census October 2025

Gaelscoil na Mona is an other maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 98 pupils. About 59 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

1 Monagh Link, Belfast, BT11 8QBAll 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 roll98Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals59%58 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs17%; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
LanguageIrish mediumTaught through Irish
Boys and girls45 / 53

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 permission4.2%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
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolCatholic maintained380 m613ETI, no open dataCompare
St Teresa's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained580 m655ETI, no open dataCompare
John Paul II Primary SchoolCatholic maintained960 m267ETI, no open dataCompare
Bunscoil an Tsleibhe DhuibhMaintained0.7 miles216ETI, no open dataCompare
Holy Child Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles414ETI, no open dataCompare
St Kevin's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles519ETI, no open dataCompare
Bunscoil Phobal FeirsteMaintained1.0 miles446ETI, no open dataCompare
St John the Baptist Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles418ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Gaelscoil na Mona a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Gaelscoil na Mona yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Gaelscoil na Mona have?

98 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
1 Monagh Link, Belfast, BT11 8QB
Type of school
Other maintained school (Other Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Falls Park
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1046671 · LAESTAB 1046671
Language
Irish medium

Where these figures come from