Matt Talbot Nursery School
Matt Talbot Nursery School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 57 pupils. About 81 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
New Barnsley Green, Belfast, BT12 7HSAll 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernadette’s Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 280 m | 52 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| John Paul II Primary School | Catholic maintained | 280 m | 267 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Bunscoil an Tsleibhe Dhuibh | Maintained | 650 m | 216 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Black Mountain Primary School | Controlled | 710 m | 159 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Martin’s Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 860 m | 52 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Holy Trinity Primary School | Catholic maintained | 860 m | 613 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Maria Goretti Nursery School | Catholic maintained | 900 m | 58 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Springhill Primary School | Controlled | 0.7 miles | 197 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Matt Talbot Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Matt Talbot Nursery School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does Matt Talbot Nursery School have?
57 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
- New Barnsley Green, Belfast, BT12 7HS
- 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
- Turf Lodge
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 1136349 · LAESTAB 1136349
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.