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St Mary's Primary School, Newcastle

Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school

31A Elmgrove Park, Newcastle BT33 0BA · 028 4372 3730

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Overview

Places left
39
Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
Pupils
362
October 2025 census
District council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Type of school
Primary school
Management type
Catholic Maintained
Nursery class
Yes
Urban or rural
Urban
Free school meal entitlement
95 pupils (26%)
Special educational needs
54 pupils (15%)
All stages
With a statement of SEN
31 pupils (9%)
SEN at stages 1 and 2
23 pupils (6%)
Newcomer pupils
17 pupils (5%)

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, Newcastle: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 319, 311 pupils on the roll at the October census, 39 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 52, 51 pupils on the roll at the October census, 1 place 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

ApprovedOn rollOverLeft
Nursery525101
Primary3193113139

Per year

Nursery PT51
Year 137
Year 249
Year 346
Year 425
Year 547
Year 659
Year 748

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.

Latest report
28 Jun 2017
Primary (action short of strike)
Overall
Not rated

Other reports

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