St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School
St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 179 pupils. About 60 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.
730-760 Shore Road, Belfast, BT15 4HLAll 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 88.1% 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.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Madigan Preparatory School | Prep | 750 m | 7 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Lowwood Primary School | Controlled | 790 m | 247 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School | Catholic maintained | 850 m | 602 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Hazelwood Integrated Primary School | Integrated | 0.9 miles | 434 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| St Therese of Lisieux Primary School | Catholic maintained | 1.0 miles | 402 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Cavehill Primary School | Controlled | 1.0 miles | 382 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Seaview Primary School | Controlled | 1.0 miles | 413 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
| Whitehouse Primary School | Controlled | 1.5 miles | 437 | ETI, no open data | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School yet. Northern Ireland doesn't publish inspection grades.
How many pupils does St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School have?
179 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
- 730-760 Shore Road, Belfast, BT15 4HL
- 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
- Bellevue
- Setting
- Urban
- DE reference
- 1036048 · LAESTAB 1036048
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.