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Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Belfast

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic316 pupilsDunmurryBelfast
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 needs14%NI 20%
Attendance92.6%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families22%A bit fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll316Census October 2025

Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Belfast is a catholic maintained school in Dunmurry for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 316 pupils. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.

1 Cherry Road, Dunmurry, BT17 0RWAll 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.

Pupils on roll316Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals22%68 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs14%13 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils5%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils94%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls168 / 148

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.6% 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.

Attendance92.6%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission3.4%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
Holy Evangelist Primary School, BelfastCatholic maintained740 m525ETI, no open dataCompare
Scoil Na FuiseoigeMaintained0.7 miles199ETI, no open dataCompare
Dunmurry Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles212ETI, no open dataCompare
St Anne's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles844ETI, no open dataCompare
St Kieran's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles308ETI, no open dataCompare
Christ The Redeemer Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.8 miles682ETI, no open dataCompare
Seymour Hill Primary School, BelfastControlled0.9 miles215ETI, no open dataCompare
Good Shepherd Primary School, BelfastCatholic maintained0.9 miles344ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Belfast a good school?

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

How many pupils does Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School, Belfast have?

316 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
1 Cherry Road, Dunmurry, BT17 0RW
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
Twinbrook
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4036591 · LAESTAB 4036591

Where these figures come from