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St John's Primary School, Bligh's Lane
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
6B Blighs Lane, Londonderry BT48 9PJ · 028 7126 4046
On the mapSearch near BT48 9PJ
Overview
- Places left
- 294
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 362
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- No
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 234 pupils (65%)
- Special educational needs
- 99 pupils (27%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 26 pupils (7%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 73 pupils (20%)
- Newcomer pupils
- Fewer than five pupils
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 St John's Primary School, Bligh's Lane: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 630, 362 pupils on the roll at the October census, 294 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 | 630 | 362 | 26 | 294 |
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
Other reports
- Sept 2009Follow-up inspection