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Ballykelly Primary School

Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school

8 Glenhead Road, Ballykelly BT49 9JS

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Overview

Places left
174
Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
293
October 2025 census
District council
Causeway Coast and Glens
Type of school
Primary school
Management type
Controlled
Nursery class
Yes
Urban or rural
Rural
Free school meal entitlement
103 pupils (35%)
Special educational needs
59 pupils (20%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
18 pupils (6%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
41 pupils (14%)
Newcomer pupils
19 pupils (6%)

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 Ballykelly Primary School: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 420, 262 pupils on the roll at the October census, 174 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 26, 31 pupils on the roll at the October census. 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

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Nursery2631<5hidden
Primary42026216174

Per year

Nursery FT31
Year 138
Year 240
Year 332
Year 437
Year 533
Year 637
Year 745

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.

Latest report
28 Feb 2020
Primary (action short of strike)
Overall
Not rated

Other reports

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