School Chooser

St Mary's Nursery School

Nursery · ages 3-4MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic53 pupilsNurseryNewtownabbeyBelfast
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 needs55%NI 21%
Pupils from low-income families62%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll53Census October 2025

St Mary's Nursery School is a catholic maintained school in Newtownabbey for boys and girls aged 3 to 4. It has 53 pupils. About 62 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

822 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7DGAll 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.

Find this school's ETI reports

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 roll53Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals62%33 pupils; NI 44%
Pupils with special educational needs55%6 with a statement; NI 21%
Catholic pupils91%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls30 / 23

Nearby schools

The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Hazelwood Integrated CollegeIntegrated270 m1,081ETI, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary SchoolCatholic maintained400 m179ETI, no open data–Compare
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary SchoolCatholic maintained980 m602ETI, no open data–Compare
Ben Madigan Preparatory SchoolPrep0.6 miles7ETI, no open data–Compare
Lowwood Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles247ETI, no open data–Compare
Cedar Lodge SchoolControlled0.7 miles231ETI, no open data–Compare
Hazelwood Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.7 miles434ETI, no open data–Compare
Blessed Trinity CollegeCatholic maintained1.1 miles1,344ETI, no open data–Compare
All schools in BelfastAll schools in Newtownabbey

Questions parents ask

Is St Mary's Nursery School a good school?

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

How many pupils does St Mary's Nursery School have?

53 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
822 Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT36 7DG
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
Bellevue
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1136229 · LAESTAB 1136229
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from