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St Joseph's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic495 pupilsLisburn 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 needs9%NI 20%
Attendance97.1%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families4%Far fewer than most schools
Pupils on roll495Census October 2025

St Joseph's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Carryduff for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 495 pupils. About 4 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

8 Knockbracken Drive, Carryduff, BT8 8EXAll 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 roll495Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals4%21 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs9%21 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils6%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils90%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls260 / 235

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 97.1% 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.

Attendance97.1%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission0.4%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
Carryduff Primary School, BelfastControlled1.1 miles198ETI, no open data–Compare
St Ita's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained1.5 miles704ETI, no open data–Compare
Cairnshill Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated1.7 miles568ETI, no open data–Compare
Moneyrea Primary SchoolControlled2.3 miles246ETI, no open data–Compare
Belvoir Park Primary SchoolControlled2.4 miles245ETI, no open data–Compare
Knockbreda Primary SchoolControlled2.7 miles157ETI, no open data–Compare
St Bernards Primary SchoolCatholic maintained2.7 miles425ETI, no open data–Compare
Millennium Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated2.7 miles421ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Lisburn and Castlereagh

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?

495 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
8 Knockbracken Drive, Carryduff, BT8 8EX
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
Knockbracken
Setting
Urban
DE reference
4031660 · LAESTAB 4031660
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from