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St Maria Goretti Nursery School

Nursery · ages 3-4MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic58 pupilsNurseryBelfast
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 needs35%NI 21%
Pupils from low-income families69%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll58Census October 2025

St Maria Goretti Nursery School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 58 pupils. About 69 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

12A Whiterock Gardens, Belfast, BT12 7PSAll details

Inspection

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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 roll58Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals69%40 pupils; NI 44%
Pupils with special educational needs35%6 with a statement; NI 21%
Catholic pupils83%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls28 / 30

Nearby schools

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SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
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St Kevin's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained550 m519ETI, no open data–Compare
St Bernadette’s Nursery SchoolCatholic maintained670 m52ETI, no open data–Compare
St Paul's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained710 m307ETI, no open data–Compare
John Paul II Primary SchoolCatholic maintained760 m267ETI, no open data–Compare
Colaiste FeirsteMaintained790 m1,009ETI, no open data–Compare
Matt Talbot Nursery SchoolCatholic maintained900 m57ETI, no open data–Compare
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Questions parents ask

Is St Maria Goretti Nursery School a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score St Maria Goretti Nursery School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.

How many pupils does St Maria Goretti Nursery School have?

58 pupils aged 3 to 4 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
12A Whiterock Gardens, Belfast, BT12 7PS
Type of school
Catholic maintained school (Catholic Maintained school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Nursery school, ages 3-4, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Ballymurphy
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1136353 · LAESTAB 1136353
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