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St Mary's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic117 pupilsBelfast
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 needs14%NI 20%
Attendance81.8%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families62%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll117Census October 2025

St Mary's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 117 pupils. About 62 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Divis Street, Belfast, BT12 4ALAll 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 roll117Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals62%72 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs14%; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils63%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils41%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls62 / 55

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 81.8% 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.

Attendance81.8%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission8.5%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
St Peter's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained580 m284ETI, no open data–Compare
St Joseph's Primary School, SlateCatholic maintained660 m321ETI, no open data–Compare
Malvern Primary SchoolControlled790 m119ETI, no open data–Compare
Gaelscoil an LonnainMaintained910 m36ETI, no open data–Compare
Bunscoil Mhic ReachtainControlled940 m59ETI, no open data–Compare
Blythefield Primary SchoolControlled0.6 miles192ETI, no open data–Compare
St Patrick's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles398ETI, no open data–Compare
St Malachy's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained0.7 miles389ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is St Mary's Primary School a good school?

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

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

117 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
Divis Street, Belfast, BT12 4AL
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
Falls
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1036388 · LAESTAB 1036388
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from