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St Mary's Primary School, Portaferry
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
58 Windmill Hill, Portaferry BT22 1RH · 028 4272 8278
On the mapSearch near BT22 1RH
Overview
- Places left
- 76
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 155
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Ards and North Down
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Catholic Maintained
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 29 pupils (19%)
- Special educational needs
- 42 pupils (27%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 16 pupils (10%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 26 pupils (17%)
- 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 St Mary's Primary School, Portaferry: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 189, 129 pupils on the roll at the October census, 76 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 | 189 | 129 | 16 | 76 |
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.
- Overall
- Not rated
Other reports
- Jun 2013Follow-up inspection
- Apr 2012Focused inspection