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Alexander Dickson Primary School, Ballygowan
Primary · Ages 4–11 · Primary school
Comber Road, Ballygowan BT23 5TN · alexanderdicksonprimary.com · 028 9752 8651
On the mapSearch near BT23 5TN
Overview
- Places left
- 65
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 89
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Ards and North Down
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Nursery class
- No
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 26 pupils (29%)
- Special educational needs
- 26 pupils (29%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 9 pupils (10%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 17 pupils (19%)
- Newcomer pupils
- 0 pupils (0%)
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 Alexander Dickson Primary School, Ballygowan: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 145, 89 pupils on the roll at the October census, 65 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 | 145 | 89 | 9 | 65 |
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 2019Follow-up inspection
- Jun 2016Primary inspectionUrgent improvement
- Nov 2009Follow-up inspection
- Jan 2007Short inspection