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St Gerard's Resource Centre

Special · ages 3-19MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic426 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%
Attendance86.4%NI 87.0%
Pupils from low-income families66%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll426Census October 2025

St Gerard's Resource Centre is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 19. It has 426 pupils. About 66 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

162 Blacks Road, Belfast, BT10 0NBAll 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 roll426Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals66%282 pupils; NI 54%
Pupils with special educational needs100%426 with a statement; NI 100%
Catholic pupils85%as recorded in the school census; NI 39%
Boys and girls317 / 109

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 86.4% 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.

Attendance86.4%
Northern Ireland 87.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission4.3%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
Hunterhouse CollegeGrammar890 m743ETI, no open dataCompare
Finaghy Primary SchoolControlled910 m372ETI, no open dataCompare
St Anne's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained950 m844ETI, no open dataCompare
St Michael’s Nursery SchoolCatholic maintained0.6 miles54ETI, no open dataCompare
St Genevieve's High SchoolCatholic maintained0.6 miles1,019ETI, no open dataCompare
Cranmore Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.7 miles229ETI, no open dataCompare
Malone Integrated CollegeIntegrated0.7 miles818ETI, no open dataCompare
St John the Baptist Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles418ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is St Gerard's Resource Centre a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Gerard's Resource Centre yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does St Gerard's Resource Centre have?

426 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
162 Blacks Road, Belfast, BT10 0NB
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Special school, ages 3-19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Ladybrook
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1336548 · LAESTAB 1336548

Where these figures come from