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St Matthew's Primary School, Belfast
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
Seaforde Street, Belfast BT5 4EW · 028 9045 7885
Overview
- Places left
- 132
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 327
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Belfast
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 178 pupils (54%)
- Special educational needs
- 60 pupils (18%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 21 pupils (6%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 39 pupils (12%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 121 pupils (37%)
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 Matthew's Primary School, Belfast: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 388, 277 pupils on the roll at the October census, 132 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 50 pupils on the roll at the October census, 2 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 52 | 50 | 0 | 2 |
| Primary | 388 | 277 | 21 | 132 |
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.