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Buick Memorial Primary School, Ballymena
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
62 Main Street, Cullybackey BT42 1BW
On the mapSearch near BT42 1BW
Overview
- Places left
- 193
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 265
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 66 pupils (25%)
- Special educational needs
- 55 pupils (21%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 12 pupils (5%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 43 pupils (16%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 22 pupils (8%)
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 Buick Memorial Primary School, Ballymena: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 420, 239 pupils on the roll at the October census, 193 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 | 420 | 239 | 12 | 193 |
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.
Other reports
- Jun 2015Focused inspection
- Mar 2015Follow-up inspection