Kira Municipality · Wakiso District, Uganda
Karibu — welcome. Uganda Martyrs Primary School sits minutes from the Basilica and the Anglican Shrine that draw pilgrims from across East Africa every third of June. That heritage of quiet endurance shapes how we teach: patiently, thoroughly, and with faith held close.
Our Story
Namugongo has drawn the faithful for well over a century — first as a place of witness, now as a place of pilgrimage. Our school grew out of that same soil: a Catholic-founded primary school raising Primary One to Primary Seven pupils within sight of the shrine spires.
We are small enough that no child goes unnoticed, and serious enough that Primary Seven candidates leave ready for whatever secondary school asks of them. Faith is not a subject on the timetable here — it is the timetable's foundation.
Our Motto
"Courage to Learn, Faith to Rise"
Morning prayer, hymns and scripture are woven through the week, not set apart from it.
Small-group catch-up lessons and steady, structured PLE preparation from Primary Five.
Pupils help tend the school garden and compound — care practiced, not just taught.
Parents, teachers and parish walk the same road, including on pilgrimage days.
Academics
Literacy, numeracy and Luganda alongside English, built through play and song.
Independent reading takes hold, with daily numeracy drills to match.
Science and Social Studies join the timetable in their own right.
Homework routines, group projects and the first real class assessments.
Subjects deepen; Religious Education and Social Studies take fuller shape.
First mock assessments begin, with structured PLE preparation underway.
Primary Leaving Examinations with UNEB, followed by a send-off Mass.
Beyond the Classroom
Weekday prayer, Sunday Mass attendance and a pupil choir that leads the school's hymns.
Football, netball and athletics practice, with inter-house competitions each term.
Traditional dance, drumming and drama, performed at Founder's Day and open days.
Debate, Young Farmers and Wildlife clubs meet weekly, run largely by the pupils themselves.
A hot midday meal and a nurse on call, so learning is never fought against an empty stomach.
Guided walks to the Namugongo shrines connect classroom history to the ground it happened on.
Admissions
Visit the school office or call the admissions line, Monday to Friday, 8am–4pm.
Tour the compound and sit a short, friendly placement check for the grade you're joining.
Birth certificate, immunisation record, latest report card and two passport photos.
Collect the uniform list and term calendar, and meet your child's class teacher.
Admissions run year-round as places allow. Primary One intake is heaviest in the term before each new school year begins.
From Our Community
Excellent academic standards and discipline.
The school prepared me very well for university.
Caring teachers and great facilities.
Visit Us
Namugongo, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District — near the Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, about 12km northeast of Kampala.
+256 777 978983 (office, Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm)
info@UMPS.school
Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm. Weekend tours by appointment.
