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Funded preschool in Belfast West

32 settings in Belfast West recorded under Belfast City Council. Figures are for the 2026/27 intake at the end of Stage 2. Areas follow the constituency field in the Education Authority workbook.

1,383funded places
1,105target-age first choices
43first choices not placed there
27places left after Stage 2
  • 8 oversubscribed (25%)
  • 19 filled (59%)
  • 5 places left (16%)

Places left at the end of Stage 2

  1. St Paul's PS NU (Belfast)
    12
  2. St John's Pre-School PG (Belfast)
    6
  3. St Oliver Plunkett Pre School PG (Belfast)
    5
  4. Shaftesbury Nursery School (Belfast)
    2
  5. Cathedral Nursery School (Belfast)
    1
  6. St Teresa’s Nursery School (Belfast Bernagh Glen)
    1

All Belfast West settings

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Black Mountain PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Controlled

Filled
26places
20first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.96, 2025/26 1.12, 2026/27 0.77demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Cathedral Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Places left
52places
42first choices
1left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.98, 2025/26 0.71, 2026/27 0.81demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2

Christ the Redeemer PS NU (Dunmurry)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
52places
67first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.46, 2025/26 1.35, 2026/27 1.29demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

Gaelscoil Na Bhfal PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Irish Medium

Filled
26places
24first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.15, 2025/26 1.3, 2026/27 0.92demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Good Shepherd Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
32first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.88, 2025/26 0.71, 2026/27 0.62demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Harmony PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Controlled

Filled
52places
34first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.69, 2025/26 1.06, 2026/27 0.65demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Holy Child Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
41first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.65, 2025/26 0.88, 2026/27 0.79demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Holy Child PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
26places
9first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.81, 2025/26 1.08, 2026/27 0.35demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Holy Evangelist PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
47first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.92, 2025/26 0.88, 2026/27 0.9demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Hope Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Controlled

Filled
52places
37first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.23, 2025/26 0.94, 2026/27 0.71demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Matt Talbot Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
36first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.6, 2025/26 0.73, 2026/27 0.69demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Naiscoil an tSleibhe Dhuibh PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Irish Medium

Oversubscribed
26places
27first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.96, 2025/26 1.38, 2026/27 1.04demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

Naiscoil Bhreandain PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Irish Medium

Filled
52places
47first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.23, 2025/26 1.03, 2026/27 0.9demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Naiscoil Na Fuiseoige PG (Dunmurry)

Belfast West · Voluntary Irish Medium

Filled
39places
39first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.95, 2025/26 0.83, 2026/27 1.0demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Naiscoil na Mona PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Irish Medium

Filled
26places
15first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.38, 2025/26 0.54, 2026/27 0.58demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

Our Lady Queen of Peace PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
26places
30first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.38, 2025/26 0.33, 2026/27 1.15demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

Shaftesbury Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Controlled

Places left
52places
38first choices
2left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.79, 2025/26 0.92, 2026/27 0.73demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2

Springfield PS PG (Belfast)

Belfast West · Voluntary

Oversubscribed
8places
13first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 2.13, 2025/26 1.88, 2026/27 1.63demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

St Bernadette’s Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
29first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.75, 2025/26 0.56, 2026/27 0.56demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Clare's PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
52places
53first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.08, 2025/26 0.79, 2026/27 1.02demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

St John's Pre-School PG (Belfast)

Belfast West · Voluntary

Places left
17places
10first choices
6left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.77, 2025/26 0.89, 2026/27 0.59demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2

St Kieran's Nursery School

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
40first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.52, 2025/26 0.4, 2026/27 0.77demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Luke's Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
32first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.83, 2025/26 1.08, 2026/27 0.62demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Maria Goretti Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
27first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.9, 2025/26 0.9, 2026/27 0.52demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Martin’s Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
47first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.92, 2025/26 0.83, 2026/27 0.9demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Michael’s Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
52places
57first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.87, 2025/26 0.94, 2026/27 1.1demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

St Oliver Plunkett Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
52places
57first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.38, 2025/26 1.06, 2026/27 1.1demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

St Oliver Plunkett Pre School PG (Belfast)

Belfast West · Voluntary

Places left
19places
12first choices
5left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.58, 2025/26 0.71, 2026/27 0.63demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2

St Paul's PS NU (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Places left
52places
22first choices
12left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.79, 2025/26 0.77, 2026/27 0.42demand trend
Places remained after Stage 2

St Peter’s Nursery School (Belfast)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
46first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.83, 2025/26 0.85, 2026/27 0.88demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

St Teresa’s Nursery School (Belfast Bernagh Glen)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Oversubscribed
52places
58first choices
1left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 1.46, 2025/26 0.92, 2026/27 1.12demand trend
Some first-choice applicants missed out

St Therese Nursery School (Poleglass)

Belfast West · Catholic Maintained

Filled
52places
17first choices
0left after Stage 2
First-choice applicants per place: 2024/25 0.44, 2025/26 0.52, 2026/27 0.33demand trend
Every first choice placed, no places left

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