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Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche, Castlewellan
Primary · Ages 3–11 · Primary school
27 Bunkers Hill, Castlewellan BT31 9EB · 028 4377 1356
On the mapSearch near BT31 9EB
Overview
- Places left
- 12
- Primary, 2025/26 · after the October census
- Pupils
- 162
- October 2025 census
- District council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Type of school
- Primary school
- Management type
- Other Maintained
- Medium of education
- Irish medium
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Free school meal entitlement
- 27 pupils (17%)
- Special educational needs
- 37 pupils (23%)
- All stages
- With a statement of SEN
- 12 pupils (7%)
- SEN at stages 1 and 2
- 25 pupils (15%)
- 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 Bunscoil Bheanna Boirche, Castlewellan: primary phase, an approved enrolment of 135, 133 pupils on the roll at the October census, 12 places left; nursery phase, an approved enrolment of 26, 29 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 | 26 | 29 | <5 | hidden |
| Primary | 135 | 133 | 10 | 12 |
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
- Jan 2011Follow-up inspection
- Sept 2008Focused inspection
- May 2008Focused inspection