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Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled200 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 needs25%NI 20%
Attendance93.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families52%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll200Census October 2025

Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 200 pupils. About 52 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Ligoniel Road, Belfast, BT14 8BWAll 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.

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 roll200Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals52%103 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs25%15 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils16%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils7%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls105 / 95

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.6% 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.

Attendance93.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.3%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
St Vincent de Paul Primary SchoolCatholic maintained380 m278ETI, no open data–Compare
Holy Cross Girls' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained870 m186ETI, no open data–Compare
Harmony Primary SchoolControlled880 m259ETI, no open data–Compare
Ballysillan Primary SchoolControlled960 m231ETI, no open data–Compare
Mercy Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.6 miles236ETI, no open data–Compare
Carr's Glen Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles293ETI, no open data–Compare
Wheatfield Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles198ETI, no open data–Compare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles198ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery Unit have?

200 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
Ligoniel Road, Belfast, BT14 8BW
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Legoniel
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1010325 · LAESTAB 1010325
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from