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Holy Cross Girls' Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11GirlsCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic186 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 needs20%NI 20%
Attendance90.9%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families69%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll186Census October 2025

Holy Cross Girls' Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for girls aged 4 to 11. It has 186 pupils. About 69 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Ardoyne Road, Belfast, BT14 7HZAll 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 roll186Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals69%129 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs20%13 with a statement; NI 20%
Catholic pupils94%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls0 / 186

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.9% 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.

Attendance90.9%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission4.8%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
Wheatfield Primary SchoolControlled330 m198ETI, no open data–Compare
Mercy Primary SchoolCatholic maintained340 m236ETI, no open data–Compare
Carr's Glen Primary SchoolControlled660 m293ETI, no open data–Compare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled810 m198ETI, no open data–Compare
Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery UnitControlled870 m200ETI, no open data–Compare
Holy Cross Boys' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained880 m386ETI, no open data–Compare
Harmony Primary SchoolControlled970 m259ETI, no open data–Compare
St Columban's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles329ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Cross Girls' Primary School a good school?

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

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

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

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

Contact and details

Address
Ardoyne Road, Belfast, BT14 7HZ
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Girls
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Legoniel
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1030331 · LAESTAB 1030331
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from