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Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic602 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 needs22%NI 20%
Attendance95.7%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families13%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll602Census October 2025

Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 602 pupils. About 13 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

700 Antrim Road, Belfast, BT15 5GQAll 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 roll602Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals13%78 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs22%28 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils2%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils94%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls281 / 321

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% 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.

Attendance95.7%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.0%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
Ben Madigan Preparatory SchoolPrep310 m7ETI, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary SchoolCatholic maintained850 m179ETI, no open data–Compare
Hazelwood Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.6 miles434ETI, no open data–Compare
Cavehill Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles382ETI, no open data–Compare
Lowwood Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles247ETI, no open data–Compare
St Therese of Lisieux Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.0 miles402ETI, no open data–Compare
Seaview Primary SchoolControlled1.3 miles413ETI, no open data–Compare
Rathcoole Primary SchoolControlled1.4 miles139ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School have?

602 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
700 Antrim Road, Belfast, BT15 5GQ
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
Bellevue
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1030313 · LAESTAB 1030313
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from