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Whitehead Primary School, Carrickfergus
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
3 Islandmagee Road, Whitehead BT38 9NE · whiteheadps.com
On the mapSearch near BT38 9NE
Overview
- Places left
- 80
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 368
- 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
- 64 pupils (17%)
- Special educational needs
- 36 pupils (10%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 11 pupils (3%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 25 pupils (7%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 6 pupils (2%)
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 Whitehead Primary School, Carrickfergus: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 390, 319 pupils on the roll at the October census, 80 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 49 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
| Approved | On roll | Over | Left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | 52 | 49 | <5 | hidden |
| Primary | 390 | 319 | 9 | 80 |
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
- Dec 2012Short inspection