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Downshire Primary School, Hillsborough
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
7 Ballynahinch Road, Royal Hillsborough BT26 6AR · 028 9268 0640
On the mapSearch near BT26 6AR
Overview
- Places left
- 69
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 621
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Controlled
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 30 pupils (5%)
- Special educational needs
- 80 pupils (13%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 28 pupils (5%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 52 pupils (8%)
- Newcomer pupils
- Fewer than five pupils
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 Downshire Primary School, Hillsborough: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 610, 569 pupils on the roll at the October census, 69 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 52 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 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| Primary | 610 | 569 | 28 | 69 |
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
- Mar 2014Primary inspection