St Joseph's Primary School, Holland Dr
St Joseph's Primary School, Holland Dr is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 369 pupils. About 4 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
31A Holland Drive, Belfast, BT5 6EHAll 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.
Attendance
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.7% 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.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strandtown Primary School | Controlled | 430 m | 968 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Belmont Primary School | Controlled | 520 m | 222 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Greenwood Primary School | Controlled | 640 m | 286 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Dundela Primary School and Nursery Unit | Controlled | 670 m | 261 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Strathearn Preparatory School | Prep | 710 m | 115 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Orangefield Primary School | Controlled | 0.7 miles | 450 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Victoria Park Primary School | Controlled | 0.8 miles | 356 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Campbell College Junior School | Prep | 0.9 miles | 155 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Joseph's Primary School, Holland Dr a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Joseph's Primary School, Holland Dr yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does St Joseph's Primary School, Holland Dr have?
369 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
- 31A Holland Drive, Belfast, BT5 6EH
- 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
- Bloomfield
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 1036246 · LAESTAB 1036246
Where these figures come from
- School details, enrolment, free school meals, special needs and newcomers: Department of Education (Northern Ireland) school-level enrolment data, October census (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Attendance: Department of Education school-level attendance tables.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.