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Glenwood Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled455 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 needs28%NI 20%
Attendance86.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families70%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll455Census October 2025

Glenwood Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 455 pupils. About 70 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

4-22 Upper Riga Street, Belfast, BT13 3GWAll 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 roll455Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals70%318 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs28%66 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils18%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils4%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls236 / 219

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 86.6% 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.

Attendance86.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission8.8%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
Edenbrooke Primary SchoolControlled490 m387ETI, no open data–Compare
St Clare's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained560 m478ETI, no open data–Compare
Malvern Primary SchoolControlled780 m119ETI, no open data–Compare
Gaelscoil an LonnainMaintained890 m36ETI, no open data–Compare
Holy Cross Boys' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained910 m386ETI, no open data–Compare
Springfield Primary SchoolControlled990 m176ETI, no open data–Compare
St Peter's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles284ETI, no open data–Compare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles198ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Glenwood Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Glenwood Primary School have?

455 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
4-22 Upper Riga Street, Belfast, BT13 3GW
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
Woodvale
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016485 · LAESTAB 1016485
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from