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St Peter's Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedCatholic maintainedRoman Catholic284 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 needs23%NI 20%
Attendance90.8%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families70%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll284Census October 2025

St Peter's Primary School is a catholic maintained school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 284 pupils. About 70 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

Ross Road, Belfast, BT12 4JDAll 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 roll284Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals70%198 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs23%27 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils6%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils95%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls140 / 144

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.8% 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.

Attendance90.8%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission6.0%of school time; NI 2.5%

Nearby schools

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

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SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
St Joseph's Primary School, SlateCatholic maintained220 m321ETI, no open data–Compare
Gaelscoil an LonnainMaintained350 m36ETI, no open data–Compare
St Mary's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained580 m117ETI, no open data–Compare
St Clare's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained870 m478ETI, no open data–Compare
Blythefield Primary SchoolControlled900 m192ETI, no open data–Compare
Malvern Primary SchoolControlled930 m119ETI, no open data–Compare
Donegall Road Primary SchoolControlled0.6 miles191ETI, no open data–Compare
Glenwood Primary SchoolControlled0.7 miles455ETI, no open data–Compare
Primary schools in Belfast

Questions parents ask

Is St Peter's Primary School a good school?

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

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

284 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
Ross Road, Belfast, BT12 4JD
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
1036620 · LAESTAB 1036620
Official recordGovernment performance tablesDownload this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from