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Drumachose Primary School, Limavady
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
Alexander Road, Limavady BT49 0BS
On the mapSearch near BT49 0BS
Overview
- Places left
- 49
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 379
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Nursery class
- No
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 64 pupils (17%)
- Special educational needs
- 46 pupils (12%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 15 pupils (4%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 31 pupils (8%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 0 pupils (0%)
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 Drumachose Primary School, Limavady: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 413, 379 pupils on the roll at the October census, 49 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 413 | 379 | 15 | 49 |
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.
- Overall
- High capacity to improve
Findings
| Outcomes for learners | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Quality of provision | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Other reports
- Feb 2010Focused inspection