Holy Cross Nursery School
Holy Cross Nursery School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 52 pupils. About 86 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
Butler Walk, Belfast, BT14 7NZAll 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 Cross Boys' Primary School | Catholic maintained | 110 m | 386 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Forth River Primary School | Controlled | 600 m | 198 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Edenbrooke Primary School | Controlled | 610 m | 387 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Wheatfield Primary School | Controlled | 680 m | 198 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Mercy Primary School | Catholic maintained | 710 m | 236 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Columban's Primary School | Catholic maintained | 740 m | 329 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Holy Cross Girls' Primary School | Catholic maintained | 830 m | 186 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Oldpark Nursery School | Controlled | 890 m | 52 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Holy Cross Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Holy Cross Nursery School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Holy Cross 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
- Butler Walk, Belfast, BT14 7NZ
- 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
- Ardoyne
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 1136360 · LAESTAB 1136360
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.