Stranmillis Primary School is situated on Knightsbridge Park in the Stranmillis

Stranmillis

Stranmillis is an area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is also an electoral ward for Belfast City Council, part of the Laganbank district electoral area. As part of the Queen's Quarter, it is the location for prominent attractions such as the Ulster Museum and Botanic Gardens and is popular...

 area of Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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 and educates over 450 children

Student

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 ages 3–11. As of 2008, the acting principal

Head teacher

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 is Ralph Magee.

Academic programmes

In an independent government inspection on 22 May 2006 the inspectors assessed the quality of education provided in this school as good and stated that the educational and pastoral needs of the children are being well met.

The school, on 24 October 2001, launched an Enrichment Programme, described as "unique and ground breaking", which is a pupil-driven learning opportunity. The project was funded for £54,000 over three years by the Department of Education's School Improvement Initiative and, uniquely, moderated by the Stranmillis University College

Stranmillis University College

Stranmillis University College is a university college of Queen's University Belfast. The institution is located on the Stranmillis Road in Belfast, and has approximately 700 students today and offers the BEd, PGCE and TESOL, as well as other courses....

.

Sport

The school has a successful Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

team. In June 2001 they won the Ulster mini-rugby championships, and previously the Belfast Area Tournament Championship trophy and the Inchmarlo Trophy.