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Holy Cross Boys' Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11BoysCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic386 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 needs36%NI 20%
Attendance90.8%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families69%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll386Census October 2025

Holy Cross Boys' Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys aged 4 to 11. It has 386 pupils. About 69 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Brookfield Street, Belfast, BT14 7EXAll 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.

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.

Pupils on roll386Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals69%266 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs36%41 with a statement; NI 20%
Catholic pupils99%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls386 / 0

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.8% 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.

Attendance90.8%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission0.1%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 SchoolControlled560 m387ETI, no open data–Compare
St Columban's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained640 m329ETI, no open data–Compare
Wheatfield Primary SchoolControlled690 m198ETI, no open data–Compare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled710 m198ETI, no open data–Compare
Mercy Primary SchoolCatholic maintained790 m236ETI, no open data–Compare
Holy Cross Girls' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained880 m186ETI, no open data–Compare
Glenwood Primary SchoolControlled910 m455ETI, no open data–Compare
Cliftonville Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated920 m415ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Cross Boys' Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Holy Cross Boys' Primary School have?

386 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in October 2025. It is a boys' school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Brookfield Street, Belfast, BT14 7EX
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Ardoyne
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1030194 · LAESTAB 1030194
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from