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St Catherine's Primary School

Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school

2 Newtownkennedy Street, Strabane BT82 8HT · 028 7138 2272

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Overview

Places left
29
Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
475
October 2025 census
District council
Derry City and Strabane
Type of school
Primary school
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Nursery class
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
243 pupils (51%)
Special educational needs
163 pupils (34%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
46 pupils (10%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
117 pupils (25%)
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 Catherine's Primary School: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 406, 422 pupils on the roll at the October census, 29 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 53 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
Nursery5253<5hidden
Primary4064224529

Per year

Nursery FT53
Year 159
Year 267
Year 356
Year 458
Year 561
Year 661
Year 760

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
7 Jun 2019
Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
Overall finding from
24 Jun 2016
High capacity to improve

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