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Wheatfield Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedControlled198 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 needs27%NI 20%
Attendance90.1%NI 94.0%
Pupils from low-income families57%Far more than most schools
Pupils on roll198Census October 2025

Wheatfield Primary School is a controlled school in Belfast for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 198 pupils. About 57 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in Northern Ireland.

63 Alliance Road, Belfast, BT14 7JEAll 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.

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 roll198Census October 2025
Pupils entitled to free school meals57%112 pupils; NI 26%
Pupils with special educational needs27%30 with a statement; NI 20%
Newcomer pupils32%arrived with little English; NI 8%
Catholic pupils6%as recorded in the school census; NI 45%
Boys and girls99 / 99

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 90.1% 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.

Attendance90.1%
Northern Ireland 94.0%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Missed without permission6.6%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
Holy Cross Girls' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained330 m186ETI, no open dataCompare
Carr's Glen Primary SchoolControlled540 m293ETI, no open dataCompare
Mercy Primary SchoolCatholic maintained550 m236ETI, no open dataCompare
Holy Cross Boys' Primary SchoolCatholic maintained690 m386ETI, no open dataCompare
Forth River Primary SchoolControlled900 m198ETI, no open dataCompare
St Columban's Primary SchoolCatholic maintained920 m329ETI, no open dataCompare
Cliftonville Integrated Primary SchoolIntegrated0.7 miles415ETI, no open dataCompare
Ligoniel Primary School and Nursery UnitControlled0.7 miles200ETI, no open dataCompare

Questions parents ask

Is Wheatfield Primary School a good school?

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

How many pupils does Wheatfield Primary School have?

198 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
63 Alliance Road, Belfast, BT14 7JE
Type of school
Controlled school (Controlled school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Local authority
Belfast
Ward
Cliftonville
Setting
Urban
DE reference
1016532 · LAESTAB 1016532

Where these figures come from