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Holy Family Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic476 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 needs26%NI 20%
Attendance91.0%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families61%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll476Census October 2025

Holy Family Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 476 pupils. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

14 Newington Avenue, Belfast, BT15 2HPAll 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 roll476Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals61%288 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs26%46 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils20%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils72%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls242 / 234

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 91.0% 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.

Attendance91.0%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission5.0%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
Currie Primary SchoolControlled280 m164ETI, no open data–Compare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained650 m398ETI, no open data–Compare
Bunscoil Bheann MhadagainMaintained660 m184ETI, no open data–Compare
Cliftonville Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated780 m415ETI, no open data–Compare
St Columban's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained970 m329ETI, no open data–Compare
Bunscoil Mhic ReachtainControlled0.7 miles59ETI, no open data–Compare
Malvern Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles119ETI, no open data–Compare
Seaview Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles413ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Family Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Holy Family Primary School have?

476 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
14 Newington Avenue, Belfast, BT15 2HP
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
Duncairn
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1036566 · LAESTAB 1036566
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from