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Holy Evangelist Primary School, Belfast

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic525 pupilsDunmurryBelfast
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 needs27%NI 20%
Attendance89.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families72%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll525Census October 2025

Holy Evangelist Primary School, Belfast is a catholic maintained school in Dunmurry for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 525 pupils. About 72 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Glasvey Drive, Dunmurry, BT17 0DBAll 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.

Pupils on roll525Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals72%380 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs27%58 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils2%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils96%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls276 / 249

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.6% 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.

Attendance89.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission6.3%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
Scoil Na FuiseoigeMaintained640 m199ETI, no open dataCompare
Christ The Redeemer Primary SchoolCatholic maintained730 m682ETI, no open dataCompare
Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, BelfastCatholic maintained740 m316ETI, no open dataCompare
St Kieran's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained760 m308ETI, no open dataCompare
Good Shepherd Primary School, BelfastCatholic maintained0.8 miles344ETI, no open dataCompare
Oakwood Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.9 miles203ETI, no open dataCompare
Dunmurry Primary SchoolControlled1.0 miles212ETI, no open dataCompare
Seymour Hill Primary School, BelfastControlled1.0 miles215ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Evangelist Primary School, Belfast a good school?

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

How many pupils does Holy Evangelist Primary School, Belfast have?

525 pupils aged 4 to 11 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
Glasvey Drive, Dunmurry, BT17 0DB
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Twinbrook
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4036702 · LAESTAB 4036702

Where these figures come from