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Ballyclare Primary School

Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school

Doagh Road, Ballyclare BT39 9BG

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Overview

Places left
100
Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
492
October 2025 census
District council
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Type of school
Primary school
Management type
Controlled
Nursery class
No
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
92 pupils (19%)
Special educational needs
78 pupils (16%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
20 pupils (4%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
58 pupils (12%)
Newcomer pupils
22 pupils (4%)

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 Ballyclare Primary School: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 572, 492 pupils on the roll at the October census, 100 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

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Primary57249220100

Per year

Year 156
Year 271
Year 373
Year 466
Year 572
Year 676
Year 778

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
9 May 2018
Sustaining improvement (action short of strike)
Ratings from
27 Mar 2015
Overall: Very good

Ratings

Achievements and StandardsVery good
ProvisionVery good
Leadership and ManagementOutstanding

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