Good Shepherd Nursery School, Belfast
Good Shepherd Nursery School, Belfast is a catholic maintained school in Dunmurry for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 52 pupils. About 85 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
11 Good Shepherd Road, Dunmurry, BT17 0PLAll 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.
As a Catholic school it may put baptised Catholic children first.
Apply through the Education Authority's online admissions system in January.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd Primary School, Belfast | Catholic maintained | 80 m | 344 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Kieran's Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 700 m | 52 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Kieran's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 700 m | 308 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Michael’s Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 0.8 miles | 54 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Genevieve's High School | Catholic maintained | 0.8 miles | 1,019 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Oliver Plunkett Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 0.8 miles | 54 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Oliver Plunkett Primary School | Catholic maintained | 0.8 miles | 599 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Therese Nursery School, Poleglass | Catholic maintained | 0.8 miles | 52 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Good Shepherd Nursery School, Belfast a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Good Shepherd Nursery School, Belfast yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Good Shepherd Nursery School, Belfast have?
52 pupils aged 3 to 4 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
- 11 Good Shepherd Road, Dunmurry, BT17 0PL
- Type of school
- Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 3-4, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Belfast
- Ward
- Poleglass
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 4136286 · LAESTAB 4136286
Where these figures come from
- School details, enrolment, free school meals, special needs and newcomers: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) school-level enrolment data, October census (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.