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Abbots Cross Primary School, Newtownabbey
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
86 Doagh Road, Newtownabbey BT37 9QW · abbotscrossps.co.uk · 028 9086 4171
On the mapSearch near BT37 9QW
Overview
- Places left
- 175
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 288
- 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
- 159 pupils (55%)
- Special educational needs
- 86 pupils (30%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 43 pupils (15%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 43 pupils (15%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 8 pupils (3%)
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 Abbots Cross Primary School, Newtownabbey: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 420, 283 pupils on the roll at the October census, 175 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 | 420 | 283 | 38 | 175 |
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
- Jan 2016Follow-up inspection