Schools by area › Derry City and Strabane › Bunscoil Cholmcille, Derry
Bunscoil Cholmcille, Derry
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
40A Steelstown Road, Londonderry BT48 8EX
On the mapSearch near BT48 8EX
Overview
- Places left
- 20
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 152
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Derry City and Strabane
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Medium of education
- Irish medium
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Free school meal entitlement
- 74 pupils (49%)
- Special educational needs
- 29 pupils (19%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 6 pupils (4%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 23 pupils (15%)
- 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 Bunscoil Cholmcille, Derry: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 140, 126 pupils on the roll at the October census, 20 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 26, 26 pupils on the roll at the October census, 0 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary | 140 | 126 | 6 | 20 |
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
- Not rated
Other reports
- Sept 2011Follow-up inspection
- Apr 2009Inspection report
- Mar 2009Focused inspection