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Nettlefield Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled414 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 needs20%NI 20%
Attendance90.2%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families62%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll414Census October 2025

Nettlefield Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 414 pupils. About 62 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

16 Radnor Street, Belfast, BT6 8BGAll 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.

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 roll414Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals62%258 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs20%18 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils46%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils12%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls210 / 204

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.2% 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.

Attendance90.2%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission5.2%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 Matthew's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained660 m327ETI, no open dataCompare
Euston Street Primary SchoolControlled680 m340ETI, no open dataCompare
Elmgrove Primary SchoolControlled690 m590ETI, no open dataCompare
St Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles389ETI, no open dataCompare
Scoil an DroichidMaintained0.7 miles182ETI, no open dataCompare
Harding Memorial Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.8 miles198ETI, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles417ETI, no open dataCompare
Botanic Primary SchoolControlled1.2 miles208ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Nettlefield Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Nettlefield Primary School have?

414 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
16 Radnor Street, Belfast, BT6 8BG
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
Woodstock
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1010267 · LAESTAB 1010267

Where these figures come from