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St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School, Belfast
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
730-760 Shore Road, Belfast BT15 4HL · stmaryssos.co.uk · 028 9037 0023
On the mapSearch near BT15 4HL
Overview
- Places left
- 61
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 179
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Belfast
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- No
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 107 pupils (60%)
- Special educational needs
- 61 pupils (34%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 30 pupils (17%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 31 pupils (17%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 25 pupils (14%)
From the Department of Education’s school enrolment (school level) data and available places, and the 2016 school locations on OpenDataNI.
Admissions
The Department of Education’s available places for 2025/26, for St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School, Belfast: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 210, 179 pupils on the roll at the October census, 61 places left. These are places left after the October census, not a chance of getting in: admission depends on each school’s admissions criteria and on the number of applications.
Places
| Approved | On roll | Over | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 210 | 179 | 30 | 61 |
Per year
Entry year
Inspection
The Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI) inspects schools in Northern Ireland and publishes a report on each inspection. Its reports of 2012 to 2020 sum up their findings in a table, shown here in ETI’s own words; earlier and later reports give written findings only. Nothing here is set beside an Ofsted outcome.
Other reports
- Feb 2019Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
- Dec 2012Follow-up inspection
- Sept 2011Focused inspection