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St Joseph's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic389 pupilsLisburnLisburn and Castlereagh
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 needs10%NI 20%
Attendance95.5%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families12%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll389Census October 2025

St Joseph's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Lisburn for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 389 pupils. About 12 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

42 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XEAll 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 roll389Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals12%46 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs10%17 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils14%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils86%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls198 / 191

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.5% 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.

Attendance95.5%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission1.7%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
Brownlee Primary SchoolControlled160 m197ETI, no open data–Compare
Friends' School PreparatoryPrep680 m151ETI, no open data–Compare
Fort Hill Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated690 m242ETI, no open data–Compare
Lisburn Central Primary SchoolControlled700 m213ETI, no open data–Compare
Wallace High PreparatoryPrep920 m52ETI, no open data–Compare
Tonagh Primary SchoolControlled920 m211ETI, no open data–Compare
Largymore Primary SchoolControlled1000 m196ETI, no open data–Compare
Harmony Hill Primary SchoolControlled0.9 miles681ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Lisburn and CastlereaghPrimary schools in Lisburn

Questions parents ask

Is St Joseph's Primary School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Joseph's Primary School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does St Joseph's Primary School have?

389 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
42 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE
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
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Ward
Hilden
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4030897 · LAESTAB 4030897
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from