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Scoil an Droichid

Primary · ages 4-11MixedMaintained182 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 needs28%NI 20%
Attendance92.2%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families45%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll182Census October 2025

Scoil an Droichid is an other maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 182 pupils. About 44 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

22 Cooke Street, Belfast, BT7 2EPAll 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 roll182Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals45%81 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs28%11 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils0%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils73%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
LanguageIrish mediumTaught through Irish
Boys and girls82 / 100

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 92.2% 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.

Attendance92.2%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission4.4%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
St Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained550 m389ETI, no open dataCompare
Botanic Primary SchoolControlled840 m208ETI, no open dataCompare
Nettlefield Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles414ETI, no open dataCompare
St Michael's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles417ETI, no open dataCompare
Methodist College Preparatory DepartmentPrep0.8 miles150ETI, no open dataCompare
Blythefield Primary SchoolControlled0.8 miles192ETI, no open dataCompare
Holy Rosary Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles407ETI, no open dataCompare
St Matthew's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.9 miles327ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Scoil an Droichid a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Scoil an Droichid yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does Scoil an Droichid have?

182 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
22 Cooke Street, Belfast, BT7 2EP
Type of school
Other maintained school (Other Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Central
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1046641 · LAESTAB 1046641
Language
Irish medium

Where these figures come from