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Holy Rosary Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic407 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 needs21%NI 20%
Attendance88.4%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families43%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll407Census October 2025

Holy Rosary Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 407 pupils. About 43 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

2 Sunnyside Crescent, Belfast, BT7 3DBAll 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 roll407Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals43%175 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs21%39 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils53%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils39%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls230 / 177

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.4% 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.

Attendance88.4%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission7.6%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

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SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Forge Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated760 m389ETI, no open data–Compare
Botanic Primary SchoolControlled790 m208ETI, no open data–Compare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained860 m417ETI, no open data–Compare
Rosetta Primary SchoolControlled0.6 miles314ETI, no open data–Compare
Methodist College Preparatory DepartmentPrep0.7 miles150ETI, no open data–Compare
Stranmillis Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles469ETI, no open data–Compare
St Bride's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles805ETI, no open data–Compare
Scoil an DroichidMaintained0.9 miles182ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Holy Rosary Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Holy Rosary Primary School have?

407 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
2 Sunnyside Crescent, Belfast, BT7 3DB
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
Ormeau
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1030327 · LAESTAB 1030327
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from