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Oakwood School and Assessment Centre

Special · ages 3-19MixedControlled152 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 needs100%NI 100%
Attendance87.4%NI 87.0%
Pupils from low-income families68%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll152Census October 2025

Oakwood School and Assessment Centre is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 152 pupils. About 68 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Harberton Park, Belfast, BT9 6TXAll 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 roll152Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals68%103 pupils; NI 54%
Pupils with special educational needs100%152 with a statement; NI 100%
Catholic pupils37%as recorded in the school census; NI 39%
Boys and girls99 / 53

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 87.4% of the time. Across similar schools in Northern Ireland it was 87.0%. Northern Ireland doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on suspensions, for individual schools.

Attendance87.4%
Northern Ireland 87.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.7%of school time; NI 5.0%

Nearby schools

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

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Glenveagh SchoolControlled0 m186ETI, no open dataCompare
Harberton SchoolControlled0 m402ETI, no open dataCompare
Taughmonagh Primary SchoolControlled250 m244ETI, no open dataCompare
Fleming Fulton SchoolControlled390 m141ETI, no open dataCompare
Finaghy Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles372ETI, no open dataCompare
Inchmarlo PrepPrep0.9 miles104ETI, no open dataCompare
Cranmore Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.9 miles229ETI, no open dataCompare
Malone Integrated CollegeIntegrated0.9 miles818ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Oakwood School and Assessment Centre a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Oakwood School and Assessment Centre yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Oakwood School and Assessment Centre have?

152 pupils aged 3 to 19 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
Harberton Park, Belfast, BT9 6TX
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 3-19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Upper Malone
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1316582 · LAESTAB 1316582

Where these figures come from