Holy Child Nursery School
Holy Child Nursery School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 52 pupils. About 38 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
40 Slievegallion Drive, Belfast, BT11 8JPAll 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Child Primary School | Catholic maintained | 240 m | 414 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| De La Salle College | Catholic maintained | 290 m | 783 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St John the Baptist Primary School | Catholic maintained | 440 m | 418 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| All Saints College | Catholic maintained | 490 m | 795 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Teresa’s Nursery School, Belfast Bernagh Glen | Catholic maintained | 600 m | 54 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Bunscoil Phobal Feirste | Maintained | 650 m | 446 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Teresa's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 700 m | 655 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School | Grammar | 840 m | 1,145 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Holy Child Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Holy Child Nursery School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Holy Child Nursery School 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
- 40 Slievegallion Drive, Belfast, BT11 8JP
- 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
- Andersonstown
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 1136316 · LAESTAB 1136316
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.